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ickleham
February
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.
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Parish
Mickleham Rectory
Dear friends
A recent survey showed that 57% of people living in the United Kingdom called
themselves ‘Christians’ but only 9% of those said they were practising Christians.
By this I assume it meant whether or not they attended church services. It is often
said to me that you do not have to go to church to be a Christian. Now that is quite
true – the Christian faith is about believing in Jesus as the Saviour of the world and
living a life which reflects his teaching and commands.
However, Christianity is a community faith and it seems to me that it is not a matter
of ‘having to go to church’ but of wanting to go to church – to worship our creator
God; to meet with other Christians; to grow in our faith.
It may just be that you call yourself a Christian but have got out of the habit of
attending church on a Sunday. If that is you, why not make a special effort during
Lent? Our main service is at 10 a.m. and you will be given a warm welcome.
Or if that is not possible (for whatever reason) why not join one of our Lent groups
when you can meet with others and have the opportunity to reflect on your faith
with other Christians in an open and relaxed setting?
With best wishes
for the
March 2016
Magazine
Sunday
7th February
send to:
Sue Tatham
St Anthony, Pilgrim’s Way
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
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.
Queen’s 90th Birthday
This year Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 90th birthday
and churches throughout the land have been encouraged to work with the local
community to mark this special occasion on the weekend of 10th-12th June. We
already have a number of ideas in hand and are looking to people who will work
with us to make this a very special weekend for our community. More details will
be given later in the year, but do get in touch with Malcolm if you feel to have
something to contribute.
Westhumble Chapel
You may be aware that we are looking at
ways in which we might make the Chapel
more accessible to the wider community.
We have come up with some basic plans
and would very much like to share them
with you and hear what you have to say.
So you are warmly invited to come to an
OPEN MEETING (in the Chapel) when we
will present our plans and when you can offer your comments or questions.
At this stage there are no fixed plans so what you have to say really does matter, so
we hope you will make the effort to come along on:
Monday 22nd February at 8 p.m.
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Photograph: Mary Flint
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Lent Groups
e are planning to run two groups
during the Lent season, one on
a Tuesday evening and the other on
a Thursday morning. You will be most
welcome to attend either of these, but
it would be helpful to have a word with
Malcolm, our Parish Priest, so that we
know who will be attending. When
faced with times of crisis or challenge,
many people turn to self-help for
support. But where does God fit in? Can
we find strength not merely in self-help
but in God’s help? We will be exploring
together God’s promises to comfort his
people as they struggle through life’s
wildernesses. Contact Malcolm Raby on
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Eric Flint and Sarah Bradford prepare the equipment for the hedge planting.
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New Extension to
St Michael’s Churchyard
he new extension to the churchyard
has been very generously donated
by Geoffrey and Carole Hobbs of
Eastfield Cottage. This extension is
at the rear of the existing burial area.
Earlier in the year boundaries were
cleared to open up the aspect which
was achieved by reducing the existing
hedge and self-set trees. Mark Day
liaised with Carol Honeybun-Kelly of the
Woodlands Trust which resulted in the
Woodlands Trust donating 420 whips
suitable to establish a native hedgerow.
We were very grateful for this generous
gift however we were just a little bit
concerned as to how we would get
this number planted. This was solved
by help from Juniper Hall Field Study
Centre. Head of Centre, Simon Ward
is keen for Juniper Hall to be involved
in the monitoring of this new area.
He asked Sarah Bradford to contact
me and for her to arrange for staff
and volunteers to get involved in the
planting. On Tuesday 11th November,
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from Juniper Hall, together with other
hardy volunteers from Westhumble
and Mickleham started the planting.
We set to with string and spades
supported with tea and cakes and by
mid-afternoon we had about a hundred
metres of new hedgerow waiting to be
colonized by wildlife.
A section of this new extension cannot
be used for burials as Roman remains
were found here and a survey would
be required before digging deeper
than two feet so will be undisturbed
for a long time. This area will become
a haven for wild flowers and butterflies
and will be monitored by Juniper
Hall Field Study Centre. Plans are
in progress to make the area more
attractive but please have a walk
around and enjoy the new aspect of
the church and surrounding area. But
please bear in mind that this is “workin-progress”. A very big thank you to
everyone who has been involved in
getting the project to this stage.
Eric Flint
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Sunday 7th February
In St Michael’s Church after 10 o’clock service
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Don’t forget your lamb!
t is always a bit
of a gamble,
organising an
outdoor event, but
on Christmas Eve,
in Westhumble?
We must be daft! The rain started
early in the morning but the weather
forecast promised a dry afternoon and
evening, so we said our prayers, the sky
cleared, the rain disappeared for a few
hours, and the Crib Service went ahead
without a drop of rain falling. Later, we
said some thankful prayers!
We had suggested that everyone brought
a lamb to the Crib Service this year – not
a real one but a toy, or a picture and
as people began to gather at the end
of Adlers Lane for the procession, we
accumulated quite a flock. I think the
prize for ingenuity, if there were one,
would have to go to a resident who
grabbed a sheepskin rug from in front
of his fire to wrap around his shoulders
because he didn’t have a lamb!
Our 2015 Carolsinging pub crawl
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ach year, just to make sure that all
are in the festive mood we organise
carol singing in our three local pubs.
On Monday 21st December we started
at The Stepping Stones where, armed
with a drink and mince pie courtesy of
landlady Tina Blore – thanks, Tina – we
sang traditional carols with the patrons
joining in. After a number of carols, we
moved on to The Running Horses, which
was very busy with people packed into
the bar either drinking with friends or
waiting for a table in the restaurant.
Again we sang carols as requested, and
soon it was time to move on to our final
destination: The King William IV. The
King Willie was very busy also when
we arrived, but nonetheless we were
provided with an impressive spread
of nibbles and drinks for the, by now,
very merry carol-singers. (Many thanks,
Eamonn.) Carols were enjoyed by all.
During the evening we collected £134
for Water Aid. Many thanks to all who
came to sing and to all who supported
us. We look forward to next year’s carol
singing pub crawl – hope you will join
us then.
Jonathan Blake
The procession started and as we wound
our way to the field the children’s
excitement was obvious. Mary and
Joseph led the way, closely followed
by a motley group of shepherds
and narrators, along with parents,
grandparents and many others who
wanted to be a part of this annual
celebration. The procession grew longer
as we passed various houses and more
residents came to join us. We listened
to the words of the Angel when Mary
first heard she had been chosen to be
Jesus’ earthly mother, we travelled to
the field outside Bethlehem to meet
the shepherds gathered around their
fire, and we went on to the stable where
Mary and Joseph, with their baby, were
waiting to greet their visitors. When
the shepherds presented their gift of a
lamb, we were given the opportunity to
do the same. Malcolm suggested that
the lambs be placed on the floor of
the stable, around the manger, but the
children had other ideas and the baby
disappeared under a fluffy pile. Mary
was very protective of her baby and
carefully moved any lambs she thought
were in the wrong place.
By the end of the service the sky had
grown dark and a full moon shone
across the fields, providing a beautiful
end to the evening.
As always, this was a delightful part of
our Christmas services and we would
like to thank everyone who made the
effort to come. We would also like to say
thank you to all the children who took
part, to their families for supporting us;
to Amanda and Lucy for providing the
refreshments afterwards, and to Gerry
and Jonathan who provided all the
technical support and built the stable,
it looked beautiful.
Special mention should be made of
Ben Randall who, at only a moment’s
notice, accompanied the carols on the
keyboard. Ben – you are a star!
Anne Weaver
The Chapel Christmas Café
in 15 degrees?
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t is 10.30 on a Saturday morning
in December and life around the
Chapel begins to stir. (No it is NOT
Lycra clad cyclists racing over the
railway bridge) IT’S THE DAY OF THE
2ND CHRISTMAS CAFÉ.
Unlike last year when temperatures
barely got above 3 oC, this time we
were blessed with a balmy 15oC, very
weird! With a little help from our
friends the chapel was decked out
with Christmas foliage and decorations,
and as the morning progressed, our
stallholders started to appear with their
goods, which included, quilts, paintings,
jewellery, ceramics , chutney, cakes and
glass items.
At opening time, a steady flow of people
began to arrive. Perhaps the aroma of
mulled wine had encouraged them to
take a cursory look, no surprises then
that the first customers were a dozen
ramblers heading for Polesden! Gerry
on the tea urn was also a sight not
to be missed. (We hire him out for a
small fee!)
Throughout the afternoon there was a
steady flow of locals (and not so locals)
who found time to chat and purchase
last-minute Christmas presents. The
chapel had a real Christmassy buzz
about it.
By the end of the afternoon everyone
agreed that this had been another
very successful ‘reach out’ to the
community, many of whom had never
ventured into the Chapel before. Once
again the Chapel had become a place,
where the community were making
good use of this extraordinary building
within their midst.
Jenny Hudlass
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Monday 22 nd February at 8 p.m.to
discuss future plans to develop this
community asset.
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Christingle Workshop
Saturday 5th December
Photographs: Ben Tatham
Huge Christmas
thank yous to:
• the readers who subscribed to the
parish magazine’s ‘Christmas card,
which raised £125 for the Mickleham
Children’s Playground;
• everyone who came to sing carols in
the old Westhumble Chapel ruins and
found themselves yet again at Chapel
Farm due to the rain. The event raised
just over £137 for The Gambia Horse
and Donkey Trust .And thanks to Liz and
John Absalom who hosted the event;
• Jan Richards and all her helpers who
bedecked St Michael’s with wonderful
flowers and other decorations for
Christmas;
• Christopher Connett and the church
choir whose lovely music enhanced
the services. Many commented that
this year’s Service of Nine Lessons and
Carols was particularly memorable;
• Mickleham schoolboy Noah Bourne
Waterhouse (9) who sang the first
verse of Once in Royal David’s City so
beautifully at the start of the Service of
Nine Lessons and Carols;
• Malcolm and Sue Raby, Churchwardens
Simon Ward and Anne Weaver and their
team who were involved in the various
Christmas services and special events;
• Jonathan Blake who organised the
Carol-singing pub crawl;
• Anne Weaver who, with Malcolm,
organised the Christmas eve crib
service;
• Meredith Shiers and her team of
parents, local residents and BHS pupils
for this year’s Children’s Christingle
Workshop.
• The Running Horses for providing two
Christmas trees and Jason Wilson and
David Mann who installed them outside
St Michael’s west door;
• and everyone else who beavered away
behind the scenes to make everything
run smoothly over the festive season.
Clockwise from top: Some of the 60+
children, parents and helpers who
spent the morning on various crafts;
making snowmen; icing and decorating
cupcakes; the Christingle altar frontal to
be used for the service in St Michael’s;
the following day; the school play’s
‘whoops a daisy angel’.
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Memories of the Davis Cup
reat Britain’s recent Davis Cup
triumph triggered my memories
of past competitions. I was ten days
old when GB last won the Davis Cup
which took place at Wimbledon in July
1936. The last time that GB was in
the final was in 1978 and I was lucky
enough to be there. We had watched
the British team beat New Zealand in
the semi finals at Crystal Palace, one of
those rare matches in which John Lloyd
could do no wrong, and the rest of the
team of David Lloyd, Buster Mottram
and Mark Cox all played their part in
winning through to the final. This was
the famous occasion when one of the,
rather more mature, lady line judges
fell asleep on her chair!
Ron*, my late husband, came home
one evening in November and asked if
I would like to go to the final which was
to be held in Palm Springs, California,
at the Country Club of Mission Hills.
There were still four boys at home, the
youngest being nine years, but I had
never been to California let alone to a
major occasion like that. A call to my
parents (what would we do without
grandparents) and my mother, who was
a great traveller, said go, go go!
December in that part of the world
is all contrasts. In the daytime the
temperature rose to 60-70oF but once
the sun had gone behind the mountain
range it plummeted to freezing and
below. It was the first time that I had
ever seen a mink coat being worn over
a very upmarket track suit, and it was
the first time that I found out what a
condominium was. It was also strange
to see all the Christmas decorations
waving in the hot sun and then frozen
stiff at night, and I was introduced to ice
sculpture in the form of swans floating
on a lake. One morning we all went up
the mountain in a cable car where there
was snow about a foot deep and ski
trails all over the place, and you could
look down to the valley and see people
in shirt sleeves.
This was the first time that John
McEnroe had played for the USA and
he blasted his opponents off the court,
in fact John Lloyd mentioned when he
was in Belgium that he had never had to
stand up to such fierce hitting. Buster
Mottram was the only GB player to win
a match when he beat Brian Gottfried,
and we lost 4 -1. When the matches
continued after the sun had gone,
guess who departed to the warmth of
the clubhouse and guess who were still
sitting stoically outside. We were not,
then, the only ones with rather old line
judges. One of our party was heard to
say in a very loud voice when the line
The very impressive Davis Cup
judges walked to their positions, ‘I see
they have brought on the geriatrics
then‘ – not much change that side of
the Atlantic then, although I don’t think
that would happen today.
The hospitality of the Americans
was quite outstanding, I had never
seen such fantastic table spreads
in my life, and we were welcomed
and entertained wherever we went.
However one of my most abiding
memories is still a comment made by
the, then, Chairman of the All England
Club, Buzzer Hadingham, when he was
watching a friendly match between the
LTA and the Press. The LTA was winning
and one of the Press men hit a really bad
shot and he swore very loudly ending
with ‘Jesus Christ’! Buzzer stood up and
said so that all could hear, ‘I don’t think
that He will help you’. Frances Presley
*Ron Presley, Past President of the Lawn Tennis
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Westhumble Talks – 18th November
The Secret Life of Ruth Ellis – the last woman to be hanged
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here was a good
attendance for the
November Talk at Ashleigh
Grange – many thanks to
our hosts Angela and Clive Gilchrist. The
speaker was Monica Weller a freelance
writer and co-author with Muriel
Jakubait of the book: Ruth Ellis – My
Sister’s Secret Life.
Monica said that it had been an intriguing
experience uncovering evidence about
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged
in this country. For nearly three years
she sat with Muriel knowing that every
day of the previous 50 years Muriel had
had the vision of her sister hanging
at the end of the rope. She said
that her talk was a very small part of
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a complex story. When she first started
her research she was confronted by
hundreds of files and documents that
had been locked away for nearly 50
years and that she did not know what
to do. She obviously spent many hours
sorting through them and talking
with contacts and family members.
She reveals what she discovered in
the book, but there still seems to be
many unanswered questions hanging
over the whole affair, and plenty of
lies, as Monica found. Maybe Ruth
was lying to protect someone? Who?
Monica spoke with great conviction and
her talk was all encompassing, most
interesting and much appreciated by all.
Val Orrow
THE NEXT WESTHUMBLE TALK
Wednesday 17th February
The work of the Children`s Trust
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ocal resident Jim Poole who works as
a volunteer at this charity’s specialist
centre in Tadworth, will tell us about
its work in providing rehabilitation,
education, therapy and care for children
with brain injury.
The Talk starts at 8 p.m. at Chapel
Barn, home of Patrick and Catherine
Armitage. Many thanks to them for
providing a new venue for our Talks.
Please contact Secretary Stephen Lloyd
– shlloyd@btinternet.com or 01306
883482 to book your place.
Mickleham & Westhumble Local History Group
Schools in19th Century Mickleham
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Part 1 Sunday Schools
little while ago, Anne Weaver sent
me a copy of her translation of a
plaque that is on the outside wall of the
church. It reads as follows:
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n this churchyard lie the remains
of M. Rose for many years a
most excellent schoolmistress
in this parish who taught with
ability and diligence all under
her care both by precept and good
examples.
Out of respect for her worth and
gratitude for the assistance she
gave him instructing the young
to perform their duty to God and
their fellow creatures during the
time he was Rector of this Parish
the Dean of Canterbury places
this stone.
The Rector at this time was Gerrard
Andrewes. We know a little about him
as Samuel Woods in his research into
vestry records published in 1900 tells us
he was ‘a popular man and an attractive
preacher, drawing full congregations’.
Long before the general introduction
of Sunday Schools, he assembled
children in the chancel of the church
to give them Bible lessons on Sunday
afternoons probably helped by M. Rose.
At the Surrey History Centre (SHC) in
Woking you can look at two tables of
attendance for the ‘Catechism School
of Mickleham on Sunday’ for October
to June and November to December
of 1804, 1805 and 1806. A total of 52
children are recorded and 100 years
later many of the surnames are familiar,
appearing in the parish magazines, the
school’s admissions register and the
census. Stratton the sexton, Pullen,
Letford the chandler and Flatt are only
a few of those that recur. Rev. Andrewes
resigned in 1813 and was appointed to
the Rectory at Great Bookham.
I have found no other written records
about the Sunday School until much
later in the century. The parish
magazines of the late 1800s do contain
references to Sunday School and
there is a small attendance book
at the History Centre with printed
ecclesiastical advertisements which
seems to have been a standard printed
format provided by the Church. There
are names on four of the pages, again
some of them very familiar in the
history of the village, and a total of 111
girls. This booklet is dated by the SHC
1895-96, and young ladies from the big
houses, such as Carriden where Col.
Eyre Crabbe’s family were in residence
during the Boer War, seem to have been
recruited as teachers. (However, girls
were certainly not the only members. I
Photograph: Ben Tatham
have found a
reference to
Bible classes
being held for
‘Elder Lads’
who have
left Sunday
School).
The bound
copies of the
parish magazines that
we have do
sometimes
mention the Sunday School during the
late 19th century but it is not clear how
consistently it was held or whether it
was just taken for granted and therefore
not worth special mention. Thanks to
the Sunday School teachers for their
‘kind and self-denying labours’ are expressed in one issue and the children
sometimes have their own prize-giving
and entertainment as well as taking
part in outings arranged for the school
children. In 1897 the magazine notes
that ‘Sunday School is held each Sunday
at Mickleham and Westhumble at 9.45.
Parents are urgently requested to see
their children attend punctually and
regularly.’ The Sunday School Teachers’
Instruction was also held in the church
twice a month at 11.30, for those taking
the classes I presume. Each month, four
lessons to be learned by the children
were published, one for every week.
For example, on 7th November 1897 the
lesson was ‘Healing of Nobleman’s Son’.
The children were required to learn
St John iv 52, 53 and to read St John
iv 46-54.
I am sure today’s children would find
this task extremely difficult, unused as
they are to rote learning, but it does not
seem to have deterred their forebears
from attending, although I am sure
there was a fair degree of pressure from
parents then when the church was such
a major part of village life.’
Judy Kinloch
To follow: Part 2 The National School
The plaque (encircled) on the wall to the left
of St Michael’s west door.
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Mickleham Parish Council
ickleham Parish Council is keen to
improve communication channels
with residents and are asking for your
help in achieving that. Tell us what is
the best way for you to receive news
and to access important information –
such as flood warnings or road closures
– quickly. Is it via the Council’s website,
or is there support for something like a
facebook page? Email the Parish Council
via the website – www.micklehampc.
org.uk – and let us know how the
situation could be improved.
Mickleham is awaiting delivery of a
Public Accessible Defibrillator after
the Parish Council was successful in
an application to the British Heart
Foundation. It will be sited on an
outside wall of Mickleham Village Hall,
accessible 24 hours a day, seven days
a week, and is simple and safe to use
in the event of a person suffering a
cardiac arrest.
Parish Council chairman Rev’d David
Ireland said: ‘It is incredibly important
for a community like ours, which
welcomes hundreds of visitors every
weekend to the surrounding Surrey
Hills and the challenge of the Zig Zag
road, to be able to offer the reassurance
that a defibrillator is on hand, should it
be needed. We are indebted to British
Heart Foundation for its support in
purchasing the equipment.’ Beside the
PAD itself and a cabinet to house it, the
funding includes provision of a Call Push
Rescue training kit to help residents to
learn how to use the equipment. (See
also Heart Start course info on page 10)
The Parish Council have been looking
at their finances for the new financial
year and a budget, together with the
precept, for 2016-17, was agreed at
their meeting on 13th January.
The Parish Council have negotiated a
new lease of the Recreation Ground with
the Children’s Playground Association,
a requirement that was necessary for
the CPA to obtain funding for a major
refurbishment of the playground. The
lease – which differs from the previous
one in a few aspects, most significantly
the 20-year term – is close to being
agreed. Meanwhile the CPA is seeking
funding from Mole Valley District
Council and the London Marathon Trust
- in addition to the £15,000 grant they
have already been awarded by Surrey
County Council and a further £5,000
development grant – to replace the
existing equipment.
The Parish Council is supporting Box
Hill School’s application for a new
sports hall because it is ‘necessary
for the needs of the school and is
appropriate in terms of scale and
design’. The Council have also been
involved in discussions with Surrey
County Council about a potential
20mph speed limit on Old London
Road, following representations by
the School. SCC noted that additional
warning signs had been installed
on the approaches to the School
but felt unable to progress with any
further measures, citing a small budget
for safety works and more pressing
priorities. The request from Box Hill
School is retained on a list for future
consideration but this is not scheduled
until late 2016. Trevor Haylett, Clerk
Basically Baroque
Saturday 6 February - 5pm. St Nicolas Church, Great Bookham
A concert of well-loved Baroque music, performed by Dorking Chamber Orchestra under the
direction of Andrew Morley. The soloists in Bach’s popular Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and
Albinoni’s double oboe concerto are drawn from the orchestra’s own very talented players. Leader Clare Kennington The programme also includes CPE Bach’s first symphony and Corelli’s Christmas Concerto. Perfect heart-warming music for a chilly winter’s afternoon! Admission: £12 / £10 over 60s / £7 students Reservations: 01306 877176 / reservations@thedco.co.uk
A partnership between
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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.
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
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Westhumble Residents Association
E
Cabinet news from Westhumble and Mickleham
– plus some resolutions!
agle-eyed rail travellers may have
spotted a cabinet on Platform 2
at Box Hill and Westhumble station,
which is not to be seen in the opening
sequence of Michael Portillo’s Great
British Railway Journeys on BBC2. By
the time you read this, the cabinet
should contain a Public Access
Defibrillator, (PAD) supplied by British
Heart Foundation and installed for us
by Neil Mason, with power supplied by
Network Rail. Mickleham Village Hall
will soon have a defibrillator too.
PADs are intended for use by any
member of the public, trained or
not, who encounters an unconscious
or semi-conscious person in need of
urgent attention before paramedics can
attend. The PAD will normally need to
be taken to the patient, wherever that
may be. Each PAD replays spoken instructions
to guide absolute beginners and the
decision as to whether the patient’s
heart may benefit from a shock is
fully automated. It will also guide you
through the process of life-saving heart
massage, but why not make it one of
your New Year resolutions to attend a
short, evening training course, to feel
more confident and better informed,
in the event of need?
Heart problems can strike without
notice and the absolute essential is for
treatment to begin as quickly as possible
to avoid brain damage, or worse - ten
or fifteen minutes awaiting paramedics
is often too long and, clearly, the more
local people who have attended the
course the better. It is an interesting and
even entertaining session and there is
no test, merely a certificate to say that
you have attended.
Sue Tatham has organized three training
sessions at the Chapel of Ease, which
have been attended by sixty or so local
residents. If you would like to hear
about future sessions, contact Sue:
sue@thetathams.co.uk
And while you are in New Year resolution
mode, if you have not done so yet, there
is still time to go to www.molevalley.
gov.uk/INA to complete the important
MVDC Infrastructure Needs Survey, or, if
you prefer, paper versions are available
from Mike Giles at Winterberry in
Chapel Lane.
The survey asks you to rate the
importance of a range of topics and
gives the opportunity to raise other
issues which you consider important.
The council has stressed that great
significance is attached to the number
of responses, as they lend strength to
the argument for the provision of the
services and facilities which residents
value. And finally, a commercial: to receive
Neighbourhood Watch bulletins and
news on Westhumble matters, such as
the defibrillator, skittles evenings, the
Westhumble Residents’ Association
AGM, etc., please contact me at mike.
giles@mac.com – Your contact details
will remain confidential.
Mike Giles
WRA dates for your diary:
WESTHUMBLE RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION AGM
8pm on Tuesday, 15th March at The Stepping Stones.
WESTHUMBLE SKITTLES EVENING
at the Aviva (FriendsLife) Club on Friday 22nd April
Details nearer the time, but how about teams representing Westhumble’s roads?
Perhaps smaller roads could join forces.
A free two-hour course teaching basic Emergency Life Support skills
The 27th January course was oversubscribed and I am awaiting confirmation of a future
date. Please contact me to put your name on the waiting list.
Sue Tatham 01306 882547 sue@thetathams.co.uk
The Friends of Box Hill
AGM Saturday 13th February
2.30 p.m. at Juniper Hall
With illustrated talk about the Surrey Wildlife Trust by Nigel
Davenport, SWT’s Chief Executive. Surrey Wildlife Trust is the
largest wildlife trust in the country and manages 5% of Surrey’s land.
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Photograph: Ben Tatham
Mickleham Choral Society’s 2015 Carol Party
T
he Village Hall was decorated with
holly and ivy for the Mickleham
Choral Society’s Carol Party on December
11th. Every seat was taken, and the
eager audience was treated to a variety
of songs, from traditional to classical
to contemporary, from English to West
Indian, and from sacred to secular.
The choir, conducted by Juliet Hornby,
began with the traditional English
carol Sing Noel, then sang two with
melodies by Bach, Break Forth Oh
Beauteous Heavenly Light (embellished
with a spine-tingling soprano) and Oh
Little One Sweet. Next was another
traditional English carol, God Rest Ye
Merry Gentlemen. This time the choir
was joined by the audience, whose
performance Juliet very generously said
was ‘well done’.
At intervals during the evening there
were four amusing monologues, each
on a seasonal topic, read by Mike
Gibb, Andy Diamond, Adrienne LloydWilliams and David Kennington. The
choir followed the first monologue with
Torches and Christmas Lullaby, and then
Sleep My Darling was sung a cappella
by the Ladies Semi-Chorus, all of which
allowed the choir to demonstrate that
their vocal and harmonic skills far
exceeded that of the audience.
As well as traditional carols like Away
in a Manger, there were contemporary
carols such as the ensemble version
of A Place in the Choir (with animal
noises). There was seasonal music from
composers born in South Africa, USA,
Puerto Rico, and Columbia, and even a
West Indian carol with a lively melody
reminiscent of the Stone Cold Dead in
De Market calypso. Most of the songs
were carols, but there was also room for
When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney
(by Kennington, Eagers, Diamond and
male backing group), plus I’ll Be Home
For Christmas (close harmony version)
and Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
(ba doo wop wop version), both of
which were performed by “The Sleigh
Leith Hill Musical Festival
Dates for your diary
Sunday 13th March – St John Passion
Saturday 19th March – Youth Choirs’ Competition
Thursday 14th – Saturday 16th April
Festival competitions & concerts
Mickleham’s Day – Friday 15th April
www.lhmf.org.uk
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or from Dorking Halls Box Office: 01306 881717
Belles” (Natalie Mackworth Praed, Clare
Kennington and Emily Heuvel) and were
rewarded with thunderous applause.
Apart from the a cappella items, all of
the programme was enhanced by Lynda
Chang on piano, employing a wide
range of styles to suit the wide variety
of the songs. Also, bells were added for
Jingle Bells, and Annie Dennis joined in
on double bass for Alleluia and for Feliz
Navidad (which mutated into a conga
line round the village hall, followed by
a group hug!).
Everyone joined in enthusiastically for
the finale, Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
Following the raffle draw, Karen Ripper,
Choral Society Chairman, gave thanks
and flowers to the society’s Musical
Director, Juliet Hornby, and to their
accompanist, Lynda Chang. The
chairs were then cleared away and
mulled wine and a range of tasty
refreshments appeared as if by magic.
A most enjoyable evening.
Richard Roberts-Miller
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Young Textile
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Meets 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
in South Holmwood Parish Room
on second Saturday of the month
Membership £10 for the year
£3 per meeting
Contact Jo Freeborough to
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jofreeborough@hotmail.com
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Harry ‘Jack’ Richardson
1923 - 2016
J
ack was born in North London on 14th
April 1923. With his five siblings the
family moved to Wandsworth when he
was just one year old. The local church
St Barnabas’, Southfields became their
regular place of worship. Jack attended
the Sunday school and it was not long
before he became a server and then at
the age of eight he joined the choir.
By the time Jack was sixteen, his elder
brother had become a priest, and
Jack had an idea that he too might
follow in his brother’s footsteps. He
attended a weekend course at a religious
institution for training young men for the
priesthood in order to test their sense of
vocation. It was not to be, and their loss
was most certainly our gain.
By 1939, Poland was invaded, and Jack
had already got designs on becoming a
pilot, but had to wait until he was old
enough to enlist in 1941, gaining entry
to the RAF through the Air Squadron
attached to the University of London
where he was studying. After passing
the RAF entrance exams, Jack was called
up in November. 1941
Following a medical Jack was declared
to be a ‘goggles case’ as he wore glasses,
so goggles with prescription lenses were
supplied. These were huge, but the fact
that he had to wear them turned out
to have a significant effect on the path
his RAF service was to lead him. Unlike
his colleagues, goggles cases were not
allowed to go overseas for training and
he was posted instead to Perth. There,
he learned to fly the Tiger Moth bi-plane
and achieved 38 flying hours’ experience
which stood him in good stead for his
future RAF role.
To Jack’s delight, the rule preventing
training overseas for goggles cases was
suddenly abandoned and on 1st June
1942 he and many other trainee pilots
sailed from Glasgow bound for the USA
for further training. What followed
was hours of training, in flight aerobics,
instrument reading, night flying, air to
air gunnery, air-to-ground target practice
and squadron formation flying.
On receiving his wings and commission,
he was selected to stay on as an
Instructor, finally returning home on
the Aquitania, having been abroad for
16 months.
In March 1944, he had his first flight in
a Hurricane. A bout of acute sinusitis
caused him to miss his posting to Burma.
Instead he flew Spitfires and Hurricanes
in Palestine, flying over the desert using
the sand dunes as target practice and
learning photographic reconnaissance
until he was eventually ordered back
to the UK.
The following year at the grand age of
22, Jack joined 274 Squadron going out
on sorties shooting up planes on German
airfields in a formation of four. On one
such occasion the single engine of his
Tempest failed, but luckily he was able
to crash land safely on a grass airfield!
Jack’s time in the RAF ended with an
epic event. On 8th June 1946, his
squadron took off from Manston, Kent
in formation with 36 other aircraft,
for a special fly-past to mark the first
anniversary of the end of WW2. They
flew over Admiralty Arch, down The
Mall and over Buckingham Palace with
the King and Queen looking on - nobody
could have had a grander finale to their
wartime service!
After the war in 1948, Jack married Vera
at St Barnabas’ Church in Southfields,
where they first met. A friend helped
the couple find somewhere to live near
Wandsworth Common, where they
stayed for twenty-seven years and had
two children - Roger and Diana.
In 1960 Jack started work at Liberty,
Regent Street. He managed the
wholesale side of things and was in
charge of the warehouse, with offices
at Merton Abbey, Morden. Jack became
general manager in charge of selling
fabrics all over the world and fostered
many foreign contacts.
Once Vera and Jack moved to Morven in
Westhumble he soon became an active
member of St Michael’s Church. It is
thanks to Jack that we have coffee after
the 10 a.m. service on a Sunday. As a PCC
member he felt that this was an effective
way of reaching out to the congregation,
and encouraging worshippers to stay
awhile and chat.
Jack served on the PCC for many years
and was a churchwarden from 2007
to 2012. He acquired sufficient computer
skills to send emails and organise the
weekly list of volunteers to operate the
public address system.
He was a real stickler for time keeping,
understandable when timing during his
RAF career might have meant life or
death. Driving him to many meetings
certainly improved my time-keeping! If
late by even a minute or two, Jack would
point out the time, as he got into the car.
Jack’s other great love was St Michaels
School. He was a governor for twentyone years, but did not just visit the school
for the official termly meetings, he would
take every opportunity to visit, roll up
his sleeves and help. He was very adept
at craft mornings and had time to listen
to the children’s news and stories. It is
a closely guarded secret but Jack also
‘stood in’ for Father Christmas each year
at the Christmas party, that is until one
little boy remarked ‘Mr Richardson has
a watch like yours!’
In the wider community, Jack was
secretary of Dorking Probus for seven
years, serving as its chairman in 2000
-01. And for nearly eight years he
was a reader for the Dorking Talking
Newspaper. A colleague recalled
that, ‘Jack’s warm and authoritative
voice made him an excellent reader.
Nothing threw him, not even occasional
unintentionally funny items in the paper,
which had his fellow readers smothering
laughs. Not a flicker was betrayed in his
voice, even though his eyebrows may
have been twitching appreciatively’.
Jack leaves so many memories to
so many people. People within the
community, the groups he worked with,
his working colleagues and especially his
son Roger, Diana and Phil his daughter
and son-in-law and his two grandchildren
Joanna and Simon, whom he spoke of
with such pride.
We are all the better for knowing him....
At the going down of the sun and
in the morning,
We will remember HIM.
Jenny Hudlass
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Community
News
F
arewell and very best wishes to:
• Long-time Mickleham resident
Barbara Goodall who has moved from
Byttom Hill to live with her son in
Southampton;
• David and Lyndi Trombetti, who after
living 30 years in Pilgrims Way, have
moved to Walton-on-the-Hill where
Lyndi was licensed as Priest-in-Charge
on 3rd December; • John Lott, Jane, Lucy and Charlie
who have moved from School Lane to
Dorking and Redhill.
Fiona Beggs née Moffat 1964 – 2015
ollowing a funeral service in
St Michael’s Church, the burial took
place on Friday 25th September of
Fiona Leigh Adam Beggs, aged 51, only
daughter of David and Iris Moffat.
Long-standing residents of Mickleham
and Westhumble may remember David
and Iris living first in Westhumble
and then in Fredley. David was a
Churchwarden at St Michael’s for
some years, and Fiona grew up here.
Following school she had a short career
as a fashion model. She was married, at
W
elcome to:
• Keith and Mary Marrett
who have moved to London Road,
Mickleham from Ashtead. Their four
children have all ‘flown the nest’;
• Wyn and Penny Griffiths and children
Katherine (21), William (18) and Ellie
(15) who have moved to School Lane
from Fetcham.
C
ongratulations and best wishes to:
• Ian McLean & Terrie-Louie Dolan
who were married in St Michael’s on
21st November. Ian is the son of Val
and Jim McLean of Norbury Park;
• Toby Stanbrook and Rhian James who
were married in St Michael’s on 2nd
January. Toby, Rhian and son, Henry
live in Chapel Lane, Westhumble.
C
ongratulations to Robin Rowland of
Cowslip Lane who was awarded an
OBE for services to the Restaurant and
Hospitality Industry in the New Year’s
Honours 2016.
Dorking Friends of Cancer Research UK
first event in their 40th anniversary year
A Celebration Coffee Morning
in support of Cancer Research UK
Betchworth Park Golf Club
Wednesday 10th February
9.30 – 11.30 a.m.
Raffle with fabulous prizes. Local artisan stalls selling
handmade gifts and cards. Tickets £10.
For tickets call 01306 711688 or 01737 842084,
or email dfcancerresearchuk@btinternet.com
T
ools with a Mission – TWAM – started some 30 years ago, and has since given
this help by collecting and refurbishing tools and equipment no longer required in the UK
and sending them overseas to known agencies for defined needs.
A full list of items required can be found in church, but basically any hand tools and garden tools
will be appreciated. There is a local collection point so if you have any items to donate please
leave them in church and we will see they are forwarded. This seems a simple but generous way
to think of others at this time of year.
A series of recitals in St Michael’s by talented local musicians and their friends.
S
S
Sunday 28th February
undays at
even
The Vaughn Quartet
led by Clare Kennington.
Sunday 20th March
Violin Recital
Clare Kennington Violin
Tracy Kennington Piano
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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the age of 19, in St Michael’s Church,
but this marriage did not last very long.
She later married Richard Beggs at
Streatley Parish Church and they had a
son, James, born in 1996.
Sadly, Fiona was diagnosed with cancer
two-and-a-half years ago, but she
continued to live life to the full right up
to the last week or so. It was her wish
to be buried in Mickleham, a place of
which she had many happy memories.
We send our condolences to Richard
and their son.
Sponsors wanted for
Marathon Runners
N
atasha Baker of A4C (one of
our advertisers) has asked us to
publicise that she and a colleague,
Esther Guy will be running the Virgin
Money London Marathon on 24th April
2016 to raise money for the Rainbow
Trust Children’s Charity. They hope to
raise £3600 for this very worth cause.
To sponsor them online please visit
http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/
team/A4C
Mickleham & Westhumble Local History Group
AGM – Friday 26th February
7.30 p.m. Mickleham Village Hall
followed by
A presentation by Andrew Tatham
7.45 for 8 p.m. – non-members welcome
SEE YOUR HISTORY IN THEIR HISTORY
Andrew Tatham found the families of all 46 men in this First World
War group photograph. His research led to artwork and a book, and
after appearing on BBC Radio 2, sales of the book went through the
roof as a result of Jeremy Vine saying:
Honestly I can’t recommend it enough – the whole year we’ve
done different books on the show but this is the one that is just
so powerful.
As well as talking about the history and detective work involved in
his research, Andrew will be showing his animated film that depicts
all the men’s family trees growing like trees over 136 years, along
with music and historical images for each year as well as the passing
of the seasons.
www.groupphoto.co.uk
Fee for non-members: £3, payable at the door, but please book
your place ahead of time with Judith Long on 01372 375206
or judith.long2@btinternet.com
The Pop Up at Chapel Barn
A Private Dining Experience
This year’s Pop Up at Chapel Barn will be an auction for an exclusive
four-course meal including wine for a single table of up to ten people
WHEN: The date of the event will be at a time that is mutually convenient to you, your guests and us
MENU: I will put together a menu exclusively for you and your guests
COST: To be in with a chance of winning this unique experience, you will need to submit a bid for the
Table of 10 Dining Experience to me by email – the closing date for bids is Sunday 28th February 2016 at 7 p.m.
The event is part of my London Marathon fund-raising, as I am running on behalf of The Prince’s Trust, a
Charity that raises funds to help disadvantaged young people into work, training or education to enable
them to build better lives for themselves.
Patrick Armitage
For more detailed information and to place a bid please contact me at patrickarmitage@hotmail.com / 07580 4738132
If you would just like to sponsor my London Marathon entry please visit:http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/PatrickArmitage
Put the date in your diary now!
2016 Village Fête – Saturday 9th July
If you want to join the committee or run a stall please get in touch with Alison Wood alison.wood29@btinternet.com
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By the time you read this we will hopefully be sitting in a freshly decorated
pub, with a new ceiling and carpets. As we write this we are surrounded by
our team of ten builders, and rather a lot of mess! But they are such an able
team, led by Mark Wadey, that we plan to have a holiday. And well deserved
holidays for the whole team, who were fantastic during an exceptionally busy Christmas period, in
spite of the torrential rain. Which we hope has stopped now! And that no one was flooded.
So we look ahead to February and our quiz on Monday 8th. And we hope to see you very soon!
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2016 – What lies in store?
y all accounts, December 2015
was an unusual month. Not only
the wettest on record, but one of the
warmest, thanks to El Nino and tropical
air from the Azores. The winter solstice,
the shortest day of the year, certainly
did not herald the start of winter.
Gravesend in Kent recorded a daytime
temperature of 62.7oF, warmer than
Athens and Lisbon, while in Devon
on 19th December a night time low of
14.2oF was registered.
This unseasonal warmth has had some
interesting and even undesirable knockon effects. Public ice rinks have suffered
from puddles and retailers have been
forced to put warm winter clothes
on sale early. However, hibernating
animals, such as hedgehogs, have
had a longer autumn to fatten up in
preparation for the cold days that surely
must come. Brussel sprout growers
might be considered to have had mixed
fortunes. An excellent harvest, but
sprouts of twice the normal size, which
could mean watery and fairly tasteless,
but the season was less satisfactory for
blackcurrants which need sustained
cold periods to produce their best.
A survey by botanists recording our
local flora in Leatherhead on 3rd January
found a total of 33 plants in flower.
These included many that we could call
weeds, but what is the definition of a
weed other than a plant we don’t want
just where it happens to be growing?
A few examples will give some idea of
what they found: the common daisy,
aster, three kinds of lamium or dead
nettle, musk-mallow, viola odorata,
all either going on for far longer than
normal or coming earlier.
For the gardener, the opportunity has
been there to work in the garden in
temperatures similar to those he or
she might expect in May, and when
dry enough (seldom), there has even
been the opportunity to mow since
grass grows at temperatures above 5
degrees. Is year-round mowing going
to be on the cards in future? And,
of course, there has been the slightly
mixed joy of watching a huge variety of
early flowering shrubs, bulbs and even
some perennials begin to behave as if
spring is nearly here.
That old favourite, the trumpet
daffodil, was probably the first flower
to be bandied about in conversation
as being far too early for its own good.
There are daffodils that do come early,
but these are not they. Appearing in
Mark Day sent us this photograph
of daffodils blooming in his garden
– taken on 9th December.
December instead of January, they
have been seen about the village
and at Attlees in Dorking, and were
more than welcome in the rain- laden
grey skies. Winter-flowering shrubs
also started off early, particularly
Daphne bholua which was covered in
blossom in December, as was Lonicera
fragrantissima and only slightly later
Wintersweet or Chimonanthes. All
three smell amazing and should survive
the frosts when they inevitably come.
Hellebores, primroses, winter aconites,
iberis, crocus and some varieties of
snowdrop – they are all out there as
I write in early January but it remains
to be seen what will have survived by
the time the February issue of this
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ox Hill School ended December
with a joyous musical production
of ‘Singin’ in the Rain.’ Set in 1920s
Hollywood in the waning days of the
Silent Movie era, the play followed
the fame and fortune of two the
most famous actors on screen, Don
Lockwood and Lina Lamont as they
try to move into ‘the talkies.’ With
three sold-out shows from the 2 nd
– 4 th December the show was an
outstanding success, performed with
great panache by a talented cast.
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The show was directed and produced
by Donna Walton, Director of Theatre
Arts, with choreography by Lynsey
Buhagiar, Dance & Drama Teacher, and
musical direction by Adam Stanworth,
Director of Music.
Mr Cory Lowde, Headmaster, said
“ The incomparable Mrs Walton,
ably assisted by the wonderful Mrs
Buhagiar, laid on a musical treat to
delight all ages. The entire cast have
done the school proud, but special
recognition must go to the four main
leads; Josh B, Hayley W, Reuben L and
Bethany A. Their talents shone out
as they sang and danced their way
through 20’s Hollywood. All four of
them are leaving the school this year,
and they have given us some amazing
memories. I am so delighted that the
whole performing arts faculty are able
to raise the bar year on year. Once
again I felt like I was at a West End
show. My thanks to all the performers,
and to the 57 back stage crew and
helpers. A triumph!”
Alex Ayton
Norbury Park Winter
inter… But is it? By the time you
read this we may have had snow,
frost and frozen water pipes, but as I
write (early January) we have just had
the warmest December for decades and
Mother Nature does seem confused!
On Norbury the bluebell shoots and
primrose leaves are coming through,
the grass is still green and has barely
stopped growing, trees are coming into
bud and the birds have been singing as
if it is spring since before Christmas.
What will happen if we do now have a
sharp cold spell?
‘Winter’ work continues though. The
Belted Galloway cattle left the Park
at the end of December, their last
compartment having been a challenge
of scrub and brambles which they
seemed to relish. Areas they have
not grazed have been mown and the
arisings removed – it is always good to
have a mix of management techniques
for any habitat. Further coppicing of
Blackberry Wood started in November,
and thanks to many volunteers and
also a very successful Surrey Wildlife
Trust Department Day (when all staff
are invited to come and work together),
the hazel coppicing has all been done.
A woodland contractor (sympathetic to
conservation management) is due to
start very shortly, thinning the standard
trees so that there is plenty of light to
encourage the hazel regrowth, and also
the ground flora.
Meanwhile members of the Norbury
Park Volunteer Group have completed
their first challenge of coppicing a
section along the edge of the main
track. The hazel here has been growing
right over, narrowing vehicular access,
but rather than just trim it back, it was
better to coppice the first row of hazel
stools and then allow them to grow
back naturally. Material from this work,
and from Blackberry Wood, was kept
in the form of ‘stakes’ and ‘binders’ for
another project – hedgelaying.
The Surrey Hedgelaying Group, over
two Saturdays, worked on a 16-yearold hedge up behind Keepers Cottages.
It can be reported that not all of the
winter has been mild – the first morning
of work saw snow and sleet, and
driving cold winds, but thankfully not
for long! Hedgelaying is a skilled and
traditional practice which rejuvenates
and prolongs the life of a hedge. The
tall stems are cut part way through at
the base (‘pleached’), and bent over, the
finer ‘brash’ all built up on top of itself,
and it is then all held together with
vertical ‘stakes’ which are interwoven
at the top with the ‘binders’. In the past,
managing a hedge like this helped to
make it stock proof (different styles for
different regions – google it!).
A good number of people attended and
seemed to enjoy the two-and-a-half
hour ‘Norbury Park Woodland Walk’ in
November, looking at the habitat, and
the management past and present.
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Photographs: Hilary Budd
W
ith Christmas now a distant
memory, at nursery we have
been following the children’s interests
to plan our next activities. Construction
appears to be very popular at the
moment, and we have some budding
builders and architects at nursery.
Constructing a marble run requires
lots of trial, error and problem solving.
We try to encourage children to use
their thinking skills by modelling/
verbalising our own thinking and by
asking open ended questions such
as ‘I wonder how…’? or ‘what do you
think will happen if….’? Solving such
problems boosts a child self-esteem,
especially if they earn a ‘Wooshy
Wooshy Wow Wow’ (our alternative
to reward stickers!) Using openended questions also helps to extend
a child’s vocabulary and gives us a
great insight into their world. We may
also need to work out how to retrieve
escaped marbles that have rolled
under furniture units.
Some of our construction activities
use ‘loose parts’. Loose parts are items
that can be moved, carried, combined,
redesigned, lined up, taken apart and
put back together in multiple ways.
At the nursery we recognise that
using ‘loose parts’ both encourages
and enables children to use their
imagination. We are lucky enough
to have acquired some interesting
additions to our resources for loose
parts play: milk crates, guttering, cable
drums, bamboo canes etc.
Several children are rather interested in
space and Star Wars. So we are planning
to build a temporary space station in the
gingerbread house and maybe a rocket
in the garden. Watch out for aliens!
Hilary Budd
This year’s Christmas Fair raised more than £1700,
which for 40 children is really very good, and up on last year!
Many thanks to everyone for your support.
Photographs: Ben Tatham
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Fundraising Success
O
n a Tuesday evening in late
November, 9 eager teams were
to be found huddled in the King Willy
dreaming of glory. This was of course
the first – but hopefully not the last –
annual pub quiz in aid of Mickleham
Children’s Playground. With convivial
quiz master Martin Cox at the helm,
proceedings quickly kicked off and our
intellects were merrily bombarded with
picture and music rounds as well as
grilled on science and the arts amongst
other things. Amusingly questions
based on Poppy Parfitt’s Year 8 (age
12) homework proved particularly
challenging for many as we failed to
conjugate French verbs correctly or
work out the value of X in equations.
A great night was had by all and
team positions changed frequently
throughout the evening. In the end
it was the Parish Mag team that was
victorious and were presented with the
half case of wine so generously donated
by Anne and Eamonn of the King
William. The biggest winner of the night
though proved to be the playground.
The sold-out night saw £400 raised in
ticket sales plus a further £135 in the
evening’s raffle. A massive thank you to
all who attended and were so generous
as well as of course to the King William
for hosting, to Martin and Kate Cox for
running the show so professionally and
to Sarah and Adam Parfitt for some
brilliant questions.
In a separate venture, Katie Nunn
singlehandedly organised a very
successful fundraiser for the playground
in the run up to Christmas. As pictured
the pupils of St Michaels School all
spent time creating some delightful (if
occasionally eccentric) self-portraits
plus depictions of the teaching staff
which have been preserved for posterity
on a tea-towel. Doubtless it graced
many a grandparent’s stocking on
Christmas morning! The final amount
raised is yet to be confirmed but looks
to exceed £250 so a big thanks to Katie
for doing this.
Photograph: Heather Bourne
As reported last month, it is an exciting
time for the playground as we are
looking to replace all the existing ageing
equipment at some stage during 2016.
All money raised from the above has
been put towards the massive target
£45,000 needed for this project. We are
getting closer but please look out for
future playground events that you may
be able to lend further support to!
Heather Bourne
Plant sale in aid of the Playground – Saturday 14th May note change of date
St Michael’s Infant School Hall – Final report
I
n the September 2014 Parish Magazine
we wrote:
We reported earlier that the school
had been allocated £720,000 for the
replacement of the temporary timber
Year 2 classroom by a new Hall, library
and stores and for the conversion of the
existing Hall into the Year 2 classroom.
The School is required to raise 10% of
the allocated funding.
is £71,230 and that we have raised
£82,000. £6,000 of the £11,000 over
and above that needed to pay for our
10% contribution has already been
spent on furniture and equipment.
The school is spending the remaining
£5,000 plus other funding on further
equipment and furniture: any further
contributions to the school funds would
be most welcome.
At that stage we had raised £48,000.
We can now report that the final bill
for our 10% share of the project cost
We have many people to thank for
this excellent result to the fundraising.
Several locally based charities have
given us generous grants, St Michael’s
Friends raised £12,000 and Ian Woodall
raised £2,700 from his foreign currency
collection. There were also a large
number of generous donations from
individuals. We are most grateful to
all these individuals and organisations
We are pleased to report that this
community endeavour has gone really
well – but not without a few problems
along the way!
Many, many thanks to you all.
Pat Hand, Chair of Governors
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Maths in the
New National Curriculum
here has been a change of emphasis
in our approach to maths since
the introduction of the new National
Curriculum two years ago, which
all maintained schools in England
must follow. One of the aims of
the new curriculum is to develop
children’s fluency in basic maths to
better understand number, addition
and subtraction.
Recently, you may have seen the news
that Nicky Morgan, the Government’s
Education Secretary announced that
computer-based multiplication tests for
11-year-olds will be trialled in schools
later this year. Under the proposals,
pupils will be tested at the end of their
time at primary school to make sure
they all know their times tables up to 12
x 12. At the end of Key Stage 1, children
at St Michael’s are expected to know
their 2, 5 and 10x tables, including the
related division facts. Although testing
Checking with our new mirrors
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places unwelcome pressure on teachers
and pupils, the aim that children need
to be fluent in basic mathematical
concepts is a good one.
In the previous maths curriculum there
were flaws. For example, assessment
was based on levels so there was a rush
to push children further and further to
a higher level without having the depth
of knowledge and ability to apply their
maths to different problems. Children
also just saw themselves as a level, ‘I’m
a level 3’, rather than seeing themselves
as mathematicians.
Studies have shown that children have
perceived that being good at maths
is predominately about ‘giving the
correct answer’. However, maths is
much more than just a right or wrong
answer. For example, we encourage
children to search for patterns, use their
reasoning to justify and explain their
answers, look for alternative solutions
to problems and communicate their
ideas mathematically through symbols
and pictures. These skills have been
coined as mathematical habits of mind.
Some of the changes to the maths
curriculum have been inspired from
the Far East, in particular Singapore.
Under the Singapore system, teachers
generally do not split their pupils into
different ability groups. Instead, they
wait for academically weaker pupils to
reach a basic standard in each topic
before the class moves on to the next
concept. The able pupils study the topic
in greater depth while waiting for the
weaker pupils to master it – thus gaining
greater depth of knowledge. This is the
direction in which we as a school are
aiming towards so that all children have
a secure understanding and those that
are ready have the opportunity to show
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mastery by independently applying
their knowledge to different problems.
Another aim of the new National
Curriculum children meet particular
criteria or ‘end of year expectations’ but
also broaden and apply their knowledge
to different problems. For example, in
a recent Year 2 maths lesson children
were expected to recognise symmetry
in shapes then show ability to apply
their knowledge by investigating and
designing friendship necklaces which
were symmetrical.
To support the children’s understanding,
pupils engage in hands-on learning
experiences using objects such as
counters, dice or cubes. This is followed
by drawing pictorial representations
of mathematical concepts. Students
then solve mathematical problems
in an abstract way by using numbers
and symbols. Year 2 pupils at work are
shown here.
Due to the generosity of the PCC,
we have been able to purchase new
maths resources to support children’s
learning. This has included counters,
dice, number lines, thermometers,
tape measures, trundle wheels and
shapes. This will help St Michael’s to
provide the resources to support us in
delivering the aims of the new National
Curriculum and develop the children’s
sense of enjoyment and curiosity about
the subject.
Jeremy Smith
Welcome to our new St Michael’s School Governor
t is with great pleasure that I can report that the St Michael’s School advertisement in this magazine for a school Governor
has once again been successful and we are in the process of welcoming Linda Packman as our new Foundation Governor.
Linda is a local resident and is joining a team of 12 Governors, all volunteers. We are made up of seven Foundation Governors
(appointed through the PCC and the Diocese), two elected parents, a Local Authority representative and two staff governors
including the Headteacher, Jeremy Smith. As a body we have a strong focus on the school’s Christian ethos and promoting high
standards of educational achievement within a welcoming, child and family friendly environment. Drawing our Governors from
local residents is important and supports our important place within the Mickleham and Westhumble community. Pat Hand, Chair of Governors
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Cryptic
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Back still next to a brass instrument (4)
3 Time her doctor quickly controlled her temperature (10)
8 I get on trail of indiscreet shimmering (10)
10 Trap arrangement has caught small fish (4)
12 Who honours a Michaelmas daisy? (7)
13 Bill is singing well! (7)
14 Require maiden name on first degree (4)
15 Raft steals off badly (5,5)
17 Teams confuse riding style (4-6)
19 Mad scientist’s assistant is invigorating (4)
22 While French and German articles are in pieces (7)
23 Beryl, an artist in English combine (7)
25 A bird or one deceived? (4)
26 Awful ghost jaunt in minimum kit . . . (4,1,5)
28 . . . when you can see the sun’s rays but not the sun (2,8)
29 Response to joke in a ditch (2-2)
DOWN
1 It is not commonly spoil (5)
2 Sailing ship assistant reported the regiment (7)
4 Manage to stretch supplies during the weekend (3)
5 Imperial posting for erratic artisan (7)
6 Sadistic hill climbing trainer? (9)
7 Impatient in a quite stylish way (5)
9 Plant carried on working (9)
11 A big order to stop sailor (5)
13 Novel isn’t broke! (9)
14 Golden era sadly lost again? (9)
16 Out of the way ideas from start to finish (5)
18 One jacket or two? (7)
20 Relative (old) look up a breakfast cereal (7)
21 Derek briefly acknowledges letter (5)
24 Follow degree principles (5)
27 Slang is oddly in decline (3)
Solution to December crossword
Holly McLaren produced this table from the Estimates of station usage from the
Office of Rail and Road. NB 2003/4 is missing, this is due to improvements in the methodology,
estimates of station usage for 2003-04 were not produced, resulting in a gap in the series.
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ACROSS
1 & 8 Deep and crisp and even
11 Noggins 12 Boron 13 Yearnings
14 Gaffer 16 Tape 17 Yes 19 Bis
21 Came 23 Museum 27Ignorance
28 About 30 & 31 Feast of Stephen
32 Parallel Bars
DOWN
2 Elder 3 Cantata 4 Ingenue
5 Pliancy 6 Resists 7 Ragbag
9 Venue 10 Nays 15 Ali 16 The
18 Emu 19 Briefly 20 Sunlamp
21 Curator 22 Mindful 24 Usage
25 Mutiny 26 Mess
RR-M
29Other
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
February
4 Thursday
11 a.m. Bible Study Group
7Sunday before Lent (Quinquagesima)
8 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)
10 a.m.
Worship Together
9 Tuesday
8 p.m.
Worship Group
10 Ash Wednesday (start of Lent)
7 p.m. Holy Communion
11 Thursday 11 a.m.
Lent Group
13 Saturday 2.30 p.m.
Friends of Box Hill AGM. Juniper Hall
14 First Sunday of Lent
8 a.m. 10 a.m.
11.30 a.m.
16 Tuesday 8 p.m. 17 Wednesday 8 p.m.
20 Saturday
9 a.m.
Holy Communion (BCP)
Holy Communion
Morning Prayer (Westhumble Chapel)
Lent Group
Westhumble Talks at Chapel Barn
Men’s Breakfast at The Running Horses
21 Second Sunday of Lent
8 a.m.
10 a.m.
22 Monday 3 p.m.
8 p.m.
23 Tuesday 8 p.m. 25 Thursday 11 a.m.
26 Friday 7.30 p.m.
7.45 for 8 p.m.
27 Saturday
9 a.m.
Holy Communion (BCP)
Holy Communion
Tea@3 at the Old House
Open meeting in Westhumble Chapel
Lent Group
Lent Group
M&W Local History Group’s AGM. Village Hall
Andrew Tatham’s Presentation
Women’s Breakfast at The Running Horses
28 Third Sunday of Lent
8 a.m. 10 a.m.
7 p.m.
Holy Communion – BCP (Westhumble Chapel)
Holy Communion
Sundays at Seven – The Vaughan Quartet
Dates for your Diary
Tuesday 15th March WRA AGM
Friday 22nd April WRA’s Skittles Evening
Saturday 14th May Plant Sale in aid of playground
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th June Queen’s 90th Birthday celebrations
Saturday 9th July Village Fête
Sunday July 31st Prudential RideLondon Cycle Race
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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
7767 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
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Mickleham Parish Magazine February 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
Mickleham Parish Magazine February 2016
Olivia Parkin
07887 367850
Issy Nash
01306 742762
Patrick Moran 01306 640043
Emma Morley
07835 742946
Ellie Kim Mia Forti
07773 395575
07557 371175
Anna Forti
Alexa Dewar
07557 964530
01306 884744
Polly Cox
01306 741260
Emily Brewer 
01306 883793
Philomena Ala
01306 885767
Ailsa Graham
01306 889855
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
Ailsa McNaughton
01306 887408
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
BAPTISMS
6th December
20th December
Registers
Ella Britt-Marie Janet McMullin Hultman, daughter of Robert Willliam McMullin
and Sophie Vida Hultman
Zachary Owen Bevan, son of Lance
and Rebecca Bevan
Phoebe Iona, daughter of Rebecca Weaver-Boyes and Matthew Boyes and granddaughter of Anne and Gerry Weaver
Interment of Ashes
1st December Caroline Wylde in the Garden of Remembrance
13th December Janet Curran in the grave of her late husband, Peter.
Funeral
15th January Rowena (Rona) Cullen
Weddings
21st November Ian McLean & Terrie-Louie Dolan
2nd January
Toby Stanbrook and Rhian James
Food Bank
Donations for the food bank may be left at
the back of the church
carsondenny@aol.com
01372 374730
dbrianwilcox@sky.com
Church Website
www.micklehamchurch.org.uk
For information about services for other
denominations see website pages.
Search on ‘Churches Together Mole Valley’
Members of the
Parochial Church Council
James Aarvold Carole Brough Fuller
Mark Day Jenny Hudlass Elizabeth Moughton
Val Selwood Richard Siberry
Amanda Wadsworth Simon Ward
Frank Warren Anne Weaver
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Mickleham Parish Magazine February 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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