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Parish Directory and all the Parish News for the Community OCTOBER 2020
www.allsaintsheadley.org.uk 50p £5.00 per Annum Parish Magazine December 2020/January 2021 EDITORIAL What a strange time we are living through! I would like to have some of Mystic Meg’s powers so I could see how things will be for Christmas this year. In the following pages you’ll find details of how we hope we can continue to celebrate this amazing event – the birth of Christ. With a fair wind I sincerely hope that at least some of our arrangements will stand. Perhaps as a nation we will find we enjoy a more simple Christmas and will establish some new traditions. Wishing you all a Peaceful Family Christmas and a better 2021. Christine Leonard – Editor
Dear Parishioners 2/3 Headley Theatre Club 16 All Saints Services 4/5 ‘The Greatest Gift’ 17 Parish Register 5 The Holme School 18/19 St Francis Church 6/7/8 Gardeners Question Corner 20/21 Lindford Church 9 Through the Garden Gate 21 Mobile Services 10 Christmas-themed quiz 21 How to Pay for the Mag 10 Ludshott Photographic 22/23 Future Dates / Websites 11 Horticultural Society 24 Arford WI 12 Headley Parish Council 25 Walks and Rambles 13 Grayshott Arts Society 26 Headley Village Hall 14 Arford Common – a history 27 The Headley Society 15 Phyllis Tuckwell 28 Parish Directory Back
Cover: All Saints Church, Headley – the presence or absence of ivy (removed in 1931) is one clue in dating photographs of our Church.
Deadline for February issue: 15th January 2021 Please submit articles to [email protected]
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Dear Parishioners, December2020/ January 2021 Goodbye 2020 The Queen coined the expression first, many years ago, but we see out 2020 with a sigh of relief of a colossal ‘annus horribilis’. It has been a year that has bought out our human capacity for contrasts. It is said that governments like war and pandemics, for both provide the opportunity to control populations as never before. This is certainly true of North Korea where the perpetual imaginary threat of war with the USA kept the popu- lation under extreme control, and now it seems for us all, resisting the pandemic as asked. As I write in early November we have no idea what will happen after this month of lockdown. Christmas won’t be the same as normal. Perhaps we might reconsider the value of what had become ’normal’. I often wondered why populations went along with these restrictions down history, or let it happen to them. But it is the level of constant mis- information (with a lack of pertinent information) and fear-mongering that goes part way to explain it. Also there is a significant part of the population that likes to play the policeman of those around them, always on the lookout for those who seem to be infringing the rules. And this past year there have been so many rules; in our area the pandemic has barely struck, but with no ability for insight ourselves, we have to go along with general rules. Next year in 2021 there will be issues of vaccination to consider but the same will apply. How are we going to respond to them in the second year of pandemic? Will it be grudgingly or with a renewed sense of hope and prayer for its cessation? Partly, this depends on how we go into Christmas and the New Year, for Christmas will come however we celebrate it! The origin of Christmas is that it was set at a time when, imperceptibly, the days began slowly to lengthen, and the darkness of Winter began to be dismissed. Down here in the South of England there is little difference in day length, but in Central Scotland and above the difference is huge. In Winter, daylight starts at 9am and goes at 3pm. In summer it doesn’t
2 actually get truly black at night. You can still play sport outside at 10.30pm at night! Contrasts amplify the longing for the better. Into this darkest time Christians began to celebrate the Birth of Christ, and hope for the World. In the events that the first Christmas celebrates, we see the God who comes to share with us what it is like to be a human. And he does it not as a rich celebrity, aloof, uncaring or just ignorant of the poor and needy, but as a child in a poor backwater of the Roman Empire, as part of a family compelled to register in a country under occupying forces. In Jesus we see a God who bothered with us. It didn’t mean that the world was suddenly perfect, but it was a glimpse of a new better Kingdom to come – ‘the now and not yet’ – and rejoice in hope for what is to come. Whether rich or poor, hungry or filled, God offers us a different approach to our culture by offering himself. A God who cares and loves is the God Christians proclaim – not a God of materialists, but of profound love; not a rampaging, demanding God, but open and vulnerable. If God bothered that much, then it needs a response. Whether in our services across the parish (real or virtual) and at All Saints’, or in the privacy of your home, remember and thank the God who bothered. And for the New Year in sore need of a light in a dark world, remember to bother too. The best is to come. So, given we can meet families at this important festival time, I pray it will be to simplify and declutter this materialistic time, and value the contact and the true meaning of the season. Perhaps the virus has caused us to rethink what is actually more important than the fripperies of our society. Others ‘presence’ is better than ‘presents’. Keep it simple this Christmas! Yours in Christ with his blessings at Christmas and for a better 2021,
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Church Services ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH DECEMBER 3 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion 6 SUNDAY – SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Parish Communion - ££ donations for toys 10 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion 13 SUNDAY – THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Parish Communion 17 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion christmas services 20 SUNDAY – FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Holy Communion 5.00pm Carol Service 24 THURSDAY – CHRISTMAS EVE 9.30am Holy Communion 4.00pm Crib Service 11.00pm Midnight Eucharist 25 FRIDAY – CHRISTMAS DAY 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Christmas Family Service & short Communion Service 27 SUNDAY – St John the Evangelist 8.00am Holy Communion JANUARY 3 SUNDAY – EPIPHANY 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Parish Communion 7 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion 10 SUNDAY – BAPTISM OF CHRIST (FE) 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Family Service
4 14 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion 17 SUNDAY – SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Parish Communion 21 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion 24 SUNDAY – THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Parish Communion 28 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion 31 SUNDAY – FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY 8.00am Holy Communion 1662 10.00am Parish Communion
All services in the church (except funerals) will be non-attended Facebook streaming services until the lockdown is eased by the Government.
Parish Register
FUNERALS & BURIALS 22 Oct David Dowdeswell 86 Headley 9 Nov John Phillips 90 Liss 19 Nov David Perry 93 Lindford
How to Recycle those Pesky Tealights Put the used tealights in the freezer for one hour or longer. Remove from freezer and you can easily remove the wax and metal wick holder. These can be placed in a container for recycled wax – if you do not know of anyone who reuses wax to make their own candles pleased drop it off at church for the attention of Edwin who will recycle it. The wick holder can go with other ferrous metals and the cup in the aluminium recycle at the local recycle centre.
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St Francis Community Church News
www.StFrancisHeadleyDown.com
Well here we are again in lockdown! For all of us, the spring and summer of 2020 have been a very strange and trying time; certainly, one we wouldn’t wish to repeat. As we are not allowed at the present time to worship in the Community Church here on Headley Down, one might think that the heating has been turned off and the spiders have made new homes. But far from it! Firstly, in early autumn we started showing on both Monday and Tuesday evenings the TV series “The Chosen” followed by a time of devotion. The series began with John the Baptist preparing the Way for Jesus’ ministry and as time went on we saw Jesus recruiting Simon and Andrew followed by James and John and eventually bringing a very unconfident Matthew into the fold. We enjoyed seeing Jesus turn around the life of Mary Magdalene, and among other things the visualisation of the miracle of Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana. And just as we were coming to conclude the eight-part series – lockdown number two came – and we will have to wait to see what happens next. Of course, we could read our Bibles – but it might be a “spoiler”! And also what continues to go on in the building is our calling to help our local community both here in Headley and Headley Down, and also to give God’s joy a lot further away, as you can read later. Firstly, our calling to run the Food Bank. Back in March before the pandemic we were regularly helping about 20-23 families. We are now in November, experiencing another lockdown but the work of the Food Bank continues and, to date, we are now helping 50 families with approximately 100 adults and 50 children. The people who need help can come from any walk of life, any area. Some people have lost their jobs because their place of work has closed. Some people have been made redundant and some have slipped through the furlough and benefits net because of being self-employed, etc. Others just haven’t been able to return to work – gardeners, cleaners etc – because of lockdowns and folk self-isolating. Builders get laid off work for
6 a week while awaiting delivery of materials to carry on building. Others cannot work because of ill-health and are just about managing on benefits. The reasons why folk need help varies so much. The majority of folk however are working, on low incomes. They just about get by but do not qualify for any benefits and so things are very tight. They are just managing. A couple of bags of food from the Food Bank is a welcome “top-up”. During the October Half Term we were able to help families who normally have free school meals. We provided each family with Tesco vouchers to help them through the week. If you know anyone who is struggling, who just gets on with it, but who would benefit from a little “extra help” each week, please let them know about us and get them to contact us in confidence. Or maybe you know someone who has fallen on hard times because they have had an un- expected expense to pay and money is going to be tight for a few weeks until next pay day. We can help folk for as long or short a time as they need. If you would like to help us, you can donate food at Headley Fine Foods, or in Sainsbury’s and the Co-op in Grayshott, also at the doctors’ surgery in Grayshott and at One stop, Headley Down.. Lists of suitable items are on the collection boxes, but we are always short of baked beans, pasta and rice, pasta sauces, biscuits and cereals. If you would like to donate money and support us in that way, please contact us for further details of how to donate. Our contact details are below:– Opening time: 2.00pm to 4.00pm – every Thursday – 52 weeks a year St Francis Church Hall, Eddeys Lane, Headley Down GU35 8HU Contact: Pauline Firman – 01428 714095 (Co-ordinator) Email: [email protected] Also www.facebook.com/groups/headleydownfoodbank/ Facebook page.
Now, talking about being inspired to listen to what God wants us to do a lot further away from home, every year we participate in Operation Christmas Child run by Samaritans Purse. The idea is to fill Christmas paper-wrapped shoe boxes with toys, and little presents for children in far flung places such as orphanages or schools in mostly third world countries. This year was no exception, but we were not sure what the response would be during this time of two lockdowns and
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uncertainty. We needn’t have worried – although things were done differently this year, we combined forces with St Luke’s Church in Grayshott and managed to pack 160 boxes! They are still awaiting collection, as the volunteers are unable to collect during the current lockdown, so we will look forward to the day when we will be able to send them on their way with God’s blessing and our love. From St Francis Community Church we can say we trust in the Lord to bring us through this unprecedented time safely, and so we wish you all a happy Christmas and a much better New Year. As someone said recently “we are stocking up ready for the evening of December 31st – not to let the New Year in – but to make sure the old year goes.”
St Francis Community Church Services Always online – and hopefully in Church
DECEMBER 6 SUNDAY 10.15am The BIG Breakfast – John & Cathie Russell 13 SUNDAY 10.15am Holy Communion – Rev Elizabeth Knifton 20 SUNDAY 10.15am Coffee & Cake Service – Martin Firman 25 Christmas 10.15am Christmas Day Family Celebration (One Hour) John & Cathie Russell 27 SUNDAY 10.15am Coffee & Cake Service – Marc Nuttall JANUARY 3 SUNDAY 10.15am The BIG Breakfast – John & Cathie Russell 10 SUNDAY 10.15am Holy Communion – Julian Gilbertson 17 SUNDAY 10.15am Coffee & Cake Service – Rev Elizabeth Knifton 24 SUNDAY 10.15am Holy Communion – Martin Firman 31 SUNDAY 10.15am Coffee & Cake Service
Morning Prayers through Zoom meetings (see our website for details) every Wednesday and Saturday morning 9.00 to 9.40am.
Website: https://stfrancisheadleydown.com FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/StFrancisCCHD/
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Lindford Church Services
DECEMBER 6 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Service – Mr David Arnott 13 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Communion Service – Rev. David Muskett 20 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Service – Mr Martin Firman 27 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Service – Deacon Janet Heys
We will be celebrating Christmas – just not sure how yet!
JANUARY 3 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Service – Mr John Smith 10 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Communion Service – Rev. John Ilsley 17 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Service – Mr David Arnott 24 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Service – Deacon Janet Heys 31 SUNDAY 10am Facebook Live – short message 6.30pm Service – Gather for Worship
Every Tuesday 11am–noon “Meet & Share” Digital Church – a service each week from East Solent & Downs Methodist Circuit NB For the 6.30pm service at the church and “Meet & Share” numbers are very limited. If you would like to attend please contact Humph or Pauline Nightingale on 01420 473104. or email [email protected] More information at www.lindfordchurch.co.uk
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Mobile Bank & Post Office
The following mobile services visit One Stop in Headley Down A mobile Post Office visits three times a week as follows: • Tuesday 9am–11.30am • Wednesday 3pm–4pm • Thursday 3pm–4pm
The NatWest mobile bank is currently not operating in Headley – Check Natwest website for further details
How to pay for your magazine in 2021 This edition of the magazine covers December and January. As you will be aware, subscriptions become payable from late January/early February and you will be pleased to hear that it is remaining at £5 for the year. I would like to thank our large team of distributors for continuing to deliver the magazine to your door. This year I want to ask for your help by having the £5 available in an envelope with your name and address so that you can hand it over when they call with your February magazine. Alternatively, if you live nearby you could drop your envelope in at your distributor’s house. I am asking them to leave a note of their name and address if they miss you when they call. There may be some distributors who are needing to be extra careful, in which case I will ask them not to knock but just leave the magazine with a note. I hope you have been enjoying your magazine during the past 8 months of the virus. Our Editorial Team have kept the magazine interesting by producing fascinating and historical articles to fill the gaps. Our regular contributors have also managed to find plenty to say. Wishing you all as Happy a Christmas as is possible and, hopefully, a better New Year. Carole Wilson
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Dates for your Diary
3 Dec – The Arts Society, Grayshott by Zoom, ‘Dickens of a Christmas’ (p.26) 13 Dec – 7.30pm: Christmas Quiz by Zoom, hosted by Headley Theatre Club (p.15) 7 Jan – 8pm: ‘Headley’s Hidden History’, Zoom talk by Jo Smith, hosted by The Headley Society (p.21) IMPORTANT! With many advertised events being cancelled or postponed, it’s important to keep people advised of the current situation. We suggest that organisers tell the village website of any changes (email website@headley- village.com) so that we may all check there as to what’s on and what’s off. Check www.headley-village.com for up-to-date information
While restrictions remain in force, we shall be hosting the Parish Magazine on this website so that those who do not receive their normal copy may view it here. Please pass the message on.
PLEASE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME Many local businesses remain open to offer you vital provisions. Please seek them out. They appreciate your custom. (And you may get used to using them more in the future!)
Website addresses www.allsaintsheadley.org.uk – All Saints Parish Church www.headley-village.com – Headley Village website www.hants.gov.uk – Hampshire County Council www.easthants.gov.uk – East Hampshire District Council headleyparish.com – Headley Parish Council www.lindfordpc.org.uk – Lindford Parish Council
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Arford WI
Unfortunately the talk scheduled for October was cancelled, but members were able to visit by zoom the Doll’s house belonging to Jennifer Mitchell. Jennifer showed the outside and some of the inside of the house that her husband Colin had built. He had installed the lighting, skirting boards and picture rails and also the tiled roof with individual tiles. Working in the Victorian style, Jennifer displayed the various pieces she had made, also the items obtained from Doll’s house fairs. This was a fascinating evening, delighting the 16 members who were able to view. As 2020 comes to a close and we pack away our summer shorts and don our winter woollies it is now that most of us discover items in our cupboards and drawers that never see the light of day. Those special bargains that are not quite what they seemed, and clothes we had hoped to get into, in the future! It is estimated that UK adults only wear 44 per cent of the clothing they own. But fast fashion can contain synthetic materials and when discarded can lead to pollution. So here is the dilemma: with the environment and economy both in dire straits, do we venture forth to the never-ending sales or save the environment? However, whatever we decide, Arford WI sends all Good Wishes for the not so festive, Festive season. It will not be the cracker we would like. Let us raise our glasses to 2021 and hope that life will return to near normal once again. As those always to be broken New Year resolutions are made in January, perhaps there will be some who will decide to join Arford WI, to get evolved with the many activities it provides and make new friends. New members are always welcomed.
For further information about Arford WI please contact President, Samantha Downs on 07949 596878 or at [email protected].
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Headley Walks
Organised weekly Wednesday walks are currently suspended. The informal walks on the first Sunday of the month have restarted for those wishing to participate, at 11am from Headley Village Hall car park. It will be your responsibility to abide by any Government guidelines. Watch this space or check relevant websites for further information.
Liphook & District Ramblers
Liphook Ramblers had just started group walks again and then along came the 2nd Covid lockdown. Hopefully we will be able to meet up again in early December and to this end we are putting together a programme of walks starting from 13 December. Details of these walks are not available yet but will appear on www.liphookramblers.wordpress.com along with later walks. If you are interested in joining us on one of these walks, please email [email protected] or phone Caroline on 07484 215772 to book a place. Because numbers are limited, it is important to book. People who turn up without booking will not be allowed to take part.
Walkers, Did You Spot? … The two small mistakes mentioned last month were:– • The footpath round the edge of the Rectory Field is not ‘Permissive’; it is on HCC’s definitive map as Public Footpath No.512. • Footpath No. 45 is not where shown; it is in fact the shortest footpath in the Parish – just that bit of roadway linking Church Fields with Openfields.
The metal barrier at the Arford Common end of the footpath from the Scout Hut was removed in October as it was rusting and considered unsafe. It, and the one at the other end of the path, had originally been erected in 1924 to “prevent cattle damaging the path & fences”!
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Headley Village Hall Charity No 235455
Just when we’d got the Hall safely open to the several regular users who were able operate within Government rules, lock-down #2 closed us up again. Let’s hope that by the time you read this we can resume where we left off. Below is the list of regular users as at March 2020. Some are back using the Hall but with restricted numbers – some are doing Zoom sessions – please check with them as to their situation. Contact details are on the Village Hall website.
Pilates Mon: 10am–11am & 11am–noon Hilary Bishop School of Mon: 3.30pm–7.00pm Dance & Drama Ludshott Photo Club 1st & 3rd Mons: Sep–Jun: 7.30–10pm Ballroom Dancing Tue: 9.30am–2pm Pilates Wed: 9am–10am Dog Obedience Wed: 11.30am–3pm Pilates Wed: 6pm–7pm Ringcraft for Dogs Wed: 7.30pm–9.30pm Circuit Training Thu: 8.45am–10am Line dancing Thu: 10.15am–12.45 (class currently full) Horticultural Society 3rd Thurs: Sep–Mar except Dec: 8.00–10pm Headley Theatre Club Thu: 6.45–10pm (not Hort. Soc. days) FitSteps Fri: 9.30pm–11.30am Gentle Aerobics Fri: 1.30pm–2.30pm
For bookings and information please contact 07704 379406 [email protected] — www.headley-village.com/hall
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The Headley Society Zooming into 2021! Guess what? We’ve got fed up with having no meetings, so we’ve decided to have one in January. And you’re all invited whether members of The Headley Society or not. Our Chairman, Jo Smith, is putting together a show he’s calling ‘Headley’s Hidden History’ which will be Zoomed to those wishing to log on at 8pm on Thursday 7th January. Members of the Society will be given joining instructions in their regular Newsletter, but non-members are welcome to join by sending an email in advance to the email address below – and joining instructions will be sent back to them. Jo says that show will include information discovered on transcribing the first two Minute Books of Headley Parish Council (1894-1930). If you want to have a sneak preview of what’s there, follow the ‘Village History Listings’ tag on the village website and choose ‘Minutes of Headley Parish Council’ from the selection of subjects. ______For information on The Headley Society please e-mail [email protected] or visit our web page at www.headley-village.com/society. More from those Minutes … During 1920:— A letter from Mr William Gamblen as a member of the Headley Carnival was read requesting permission from the Parish Council to erect a large Wooden Building in the Arford Gravel Pit. A letter from the Hindhead & District Electric Light Co Ltd was read regretting that owing to heavy capital expenditure involved they could see no prospect at present of making an extension to their mains to Headley. A letter from Mrs Ord-MacKenzie was read complaining of the bad smell by Mr Gates’ stables and Mr Gamblen’s premises in Long Cross Road, also to the condition of the bottom of Shamble Hill which appears to have been converted into a dumping ground for empty Nestles Milk tins.
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Happy Christmas
We look forward to seeing you all again in 2021. Keep up with our latest news on www.headley-village.com/drama or on our Facebook page.
16 The Greatest Gift The Christmas Story with Traditional Carols For more years than I can remember during the week before Christmas we have held Carols at the (Headley) Mill. In 30 minutes we have listened to the wonderful Christmas account and sung 8 well-known traditional carols. Over the years adults and children have gathered in cold, snowy, windy, wet and occasionally fine weather (Although I can only think of 2 occasions when we have had to shelter in the Mill itself due to torrential rain). This year – sadly but wisely we will not be meeting together at the Mill. BUT, over the year we have seen churches using technology to screen both live and recorded services and events. I am pleased to say that this year Carols at the Mill will be going online with the title The Greatest Gift. It cannot be the same, but we will hear the Christmas Story and listen to traditional carols (and join in the singing if we wish). The Greatest Gift will be available Christmas Week on FaceBook www.facebook.com/allsaintsheadley/ and YouTube Digital Church from ES&D. David Arnott (LLM)
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The Holme Church of England Primary School
The children returned to school after half term just as the country went into the second coronavirus lockdown. Once again a huge thank you goes out to all the staff at the Holme School for their continued support and hard work with teaching and keeping the children as safe as possible during these difficult times. Sadly though, Mrs Cooper will be leaving at the end of this term to take up a position as Deputy Headteacher nearer her home. She has been part of the Holme school family for many years and will be greatly missed. Everyone would like to thank her for her contribution to the school and wish her every success in her new role. Two year 6 students represented the school at the war memorial on Remembrance Sunday. The school then followed this up with an act of remembrance on Armistice Day with a 2-minute silence around the school. Due to prospective parents being unable to visit the school, a virtual tour has been created on the Holme School website. Parents will be able to view this lovely school and wonderful grounds and meet virtually, some of the staff. As Christmas activities are on hold, FROTH (Friends of the Holme School) have been busy coming up with events to raise money by organising a Christmas raffle, and the children making Christmas mugs, cards and wrap- ping paper. They have also started a PayPal donation fund to raise money for some new playground equipment to reward the children for coping so well with a difficult year. If you would like to donate or buy raffle tickets please email [email protected]. FROTH have also organised some Christmas fun and will be streaming a Christmas pantomime to each class bubble. A big thank you to this enthusiastic team for coming up with these lovely ideas. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all at the Holme School.
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Donation of Weather Station to the Holme School by Dr Paul and Mrs Judy Harris Paul was a lecturer in the Department of Agriculture at Reading University. He was officer in charge of the Reading University Crop Research Unit at Sonning where there was a weather station with a Stevenson Screen and records were taken every day of the year, mainly by students but at weekends by members of staff. He would be delighted that future generations of children will be able to use the Stevenson Screen, which he made after retirement from Reading University. My thanks to Robin Hall for renov- ating the Screen and for ensuring that all the correct instruments are now in place, and thanks also to Jill and Ian Howard-Duff for their interest and help so that the children can use the Screen to gain first-hand knowledge of climate conditions today. Paul was an Editor for the European Association for Potato Judy Harris with Robin Hall Research. and the ‘Stevenson Screen’ He edited ‘The Potato Crop: The Scientific Basis for Improvement’ published by Chapman & Hall. (As the wife of an agronomist I wrote a short story entitled ‘Round the World on a Potato’ describing how the ‘King of Vegetables’ had aided my education, provided me with entertainment and caused me to carry out a simple potato experiment with a class of 8/9 year olds, who discovered that potatoes do not grow on supermarket shelves!) Judy Harris
Back in Time … 265 years ago in 1755: Dr Holme starts his school in Headley. Nathaniel Bayley (Parish Clerk) appointed headmaster.
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Gardening Question Corner
How can I determine the freshness of a cut Christmas tree? Q The freshness of cut Christmas trees can be determined with a few simple tests. Gently run your hand over a branch. The needles on a fresh tree will be pliable. Those on a dry tree will be brittle. Another test is to lift the tree by the trunk and lightly bounce the butt on the ground. Heavy needle drop indicates a dry tree. A fresh tree will drop only a few needles. Is there anything I can add to the water to prolong the freshness of Q my Christmas tree? Do not add sugar, soft drinks, aspirin, or commercial products to the water. Additives provide no real benefit. The keys to keeping a Christmas tree fresh are to place the tree away from any heat source (fireplace, heater, radiator, etc.) and keep the tree tray full of water. Check the tree tray at least once or twice a day. Fresh trees absorb large quantities of water (especially in the first few days). If the water level in the tray drops and dries out, water uptake will be reduced or cease when the tray is refilled. You have to keep it watered. Small, white insects flutter about my poinsettia when I water the Q plant. What are they and how do I control them? The small, white insects are likely whiteflies. Whiteflies are common insect pests of poinsettia, hibiscus, chrysanthemum, and a number of other indoor plants. They are most often noticed when watering or handling a plant. When disturbed, whiteflies flutter about the plant for a short time before returning to the plant. Whitefly adults are small, white, moth-like insects. Female adults lay eggs on the undersides of the plant’s foliage. After 5 to 7 days, the eggs hatch into small, pale green, immature insects called nymphs. The nymphs crawl a short distance before settling down to feed for 2 to 3 weeks. After feeding for 2 to 3 weeks, the nymphs progress to a nonfeeding stage and then finally to the adult stage. The nymph and adult stages of whiteflies feed by inserting their short, needle-like beaks into foliage and sucking out plant sap. Heavy whitefly infestations may cause stunting or yellowing of leaves, leaf drop, and a decline in plant health.
20 Whiteflies on poinsettias and other indoor plants are extremely difficult to control. Prevention is the best management strategy. When purchasing plants, carefully check for whiteflies and other insects. Avoid purchasing insect-infested plants. Insecticides are not a good control option as they are not very effective. It’s often best to tolerate the presence of a small infestation of whiteflies on a poinsettia and then promptly discard the plant after the holidays. June & John Through the Garden Gate. Headley will be opening their gardens on June 12th and 13th 2021
If you would like to open your garden next year please do get in touch with us to talk about it. We would also love to hear from any of you that would like to help during the open garden weekend. Please phone: Sue Golding 01428 713753 – Pam Williams 01428 712809
Zoom in to a FREE Christmas-themed QUIZ hosted by Headley Theatre Club at 7.30pm on Sunday 13th December Email [email protected] for details
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Ludshott Photographic Club
Why not “ZOOM IN” to our camera club? We still meet and have interesting speakers. A recent unusual speaker was Jo Bradford who specialises in taking all her pictures on her phone! It was a startling show with pictures it was hard to believe were taken on a phone. It proves it’s possible to take wonderful pictures without a big camera. As a result of that presentation, thanks go to a member Jonathan Plummer who set up a well-attended session for members to give further help in using a phone in photography. It received rave reviews – thank you Jonathan. Our recent competition which was judged by David Eastley LRPS produced some beautiful images, including 5 members being awarded the maximum of 10 points. Mike Young ARPS again showed his mastery of bird photo- graphy with a sensitive and detailed shot of a fledgling Blue Tit begging for food from a parent. Geoff Sargent showed his skills winning a 10 with a close up of an “Allium”. A creative night shot of “the Moon over the OXO Building” including the Thames also won 10 points for Colin Whitbourn. “Otter in Sunlight” won 10 for Stuart Frohmmair, and colourful Gladioli against a black background was a 10 for Brian Bond.
If you do not wish to join the club, why not just dip in to some of our specialised Zoom meetings which are open to non-members? Our next Zoom presentation for non-members is by Tom Way, who is recognised for his both powerful and engaging portraiture of Africa’s large mammals. His images are exhibited widely in galleries, and his work has been successful in the World’s leading photographic competitions, including European Wild- life Photographer of the year and The World Sony Awards. On Monday February 1st at 7.30pm he talks to us about “Wildlife through a lens”. You can obtain tickets for £3 by going to our website Ludshottpc.org.uk. Why not enjoy a relaxing evening watching from home? .
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Blue Tit by Mike Young Alium by Geoff Sargent
Moon over Oxo by Colin Whitbourn Otter by Stuart Frohmmair
American Mall by Keith Mumford Rain in Square by Alan Rawlings
Back in Time … 290 years ago in 1730: John Huggins of Headley Park in Newgate prison (from May until November) for his part in the maladministration of the Fleet prison in London.
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Headley Horticultural Society
The Plant Sale As I write this the future is looking a little more positive and, although things may change, let us hope that next year we will be able to enjoy some of our meetings and events once again. As a Society we only have one fund-raising event during the year and that is the Plant Sale. This is due to take place on the 8th May 2021. The success of this event is very dependent on members providing enough healthy and interesting plants to attract the buyers, and every year we ask for as many donations as possible. The autumn and early winter are the time that we “tidy up” our gardens and maybe re-assess what we are growing. Plants get moved and divided and sometimes discarded and this is the time to pot up all those divisions and unwanted flowers and shrubs, as well as all those pieces that inevitably fall off when anything is dug up. These should be labelled and then they can be put to one side over the winter – in the Spring they should start into life again and by May you will have some lovely plants to bring along on the day. Overwintering plants like fuchsias and pelargoniums will provide lots of cuttings in the Spring and a few extra would not take up too much room and can also be donated. One of the pleasures of gardening is the lure of a seed catalogue and we all spend many happy hours deciding which variety we would like to grow; perhaps a few extra packet of seeds could produce a few trays of bedding plants, always popular, especially if they are in flower. Not only do we need plants to sell but we need people to come along and buy, so please do put the date in your diary and come along and help make the day a success. (Remember, any unwanted “Gardening-related” Christmas presents can also be recycled at the sale!)
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Headley Parish Council
What an interesting year 2020 has been. Many changes have occurred due to the current pandemic. We currently have two vacancies on the Parish Council for Councillors. Are you interested in making decisions that will affect the parish or working with other organisations for the benefit of the parish? Then becoming a Councillor may interest you. For more information please contact the Clerk Melanie – details below. All council meetings are currently being held via Zoom and can be watched by anyone. Details for connecting to the meetings can be found on the agendas published on the website or Village noticeboards. A very big thank you to Alistair who has looked after and maintained the Council website and emails for many years. We are currently moving over to a new website and hope to unveil this soon. Headley Down Nature Reserve is an ongoing project being undertaken by Angela Jackson and a dedicated team of volunteers. They have recently planted 70 trees to form a new woodland called ‘Erie Wood’. This new woodland is part of the recently completed Heritage project to recover and commemorate the history of ‘Erie Camp’ together with the mem- ories of those who lived in the huts of the ‘Erie Estate’ before the building of Heatherlands. They now plan to enable access for all through Erie Wood by extending the existing hard-surfaced path round a circular destination feature at the heart of the woodland, then onwards to re-join the main path, using low-rise steps. A plan showing the proposed route is above. The Christmas lights have been fitted to the tree outside the Holly Bush and a tree on the village green. We hope that you all enjoy them and that they bring a bit of festive cheer this year. Contact: Parish Council Office 01428 713132 – [email protected]
The Councillors and Officers at the Parish Council would like to wish all residents a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.
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The Arts Society, Grayshott
On the 5th November, lecturer Jacqueline Cockburn M.A., PhD, gave a very well-received Zoom presentation to members of the Art Society Grayshott on ‘Joaquin Sorolla – Painter of Light’. Joaquin Sorolla appears barely known in this country, and yet was an extremely popular – and successful – painter in his day. Born in Valencia in 1863, he seems to have been influenced early in his career by working in a photographic studio owned by his future father-in-law. However, he quickly became a student of painting, studying first locally but then in Madrid, where he gained a scholarship which allowed him to go to Rome, and then to Paris – the European centre of art at that time. By the early 1890s Sorolla was enjoying international success, selling large numbers of paintings at exhibitions in Madrid and Paris. His popularity stemmed mainly from his treatment of light, particularly from the strong Spanish sun – Monet called him “painter of light” – and Jacqueline’s slides illustrated this perfectly. She also showed us photographs of Sorolla painting on the beach – enormous canvases, which he worked on in ‘real time’. Besides his pictures of “Social Realism” – fishermen returning with their catch, children bathing in the sea – Sorolla was also a consummate (and popular) portrait painter, whose subjects included King Alfonso of Spain and President Taft of the United States. His major late work was a series of large paintings of different areas of Spain, commissioned by the Hispanic Society of America – 12 to 14 feet high, and a total of 227 feet in length, these proved a major effort, although they still showed how effective was his treatment of Spanish light. Sorolla suffered a stroke in 1919, and ceased painting. He died in 1923, and his fame and popularity seem to have died with him. On Thursday 3rd December, Bertie Pearce will give greater insight into Charles Dickens, a man of extraordinary energy and talent. This lecture ‘Dickens of a Christmas and “God Bless Everyone”’ will include readings, biological detail and conjuring tricks. For more information please contact Kathy on 01428 723565 or see the society website at www.theartssocietygrayshott.org. Michael Smyrk
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Beech Hill Recreation Ground = Arford Common Room for Football, Cricket, Tennis & Bowls? Up until at least the 1930s, the area that we now know as Arford Common was referred to as Beech Hill Recreation Ground, and an entry in the Minute Book of Headley Parish Council dated 19th July 1927 it states:– “and it was unanimously resolved that subject to satisfactory arrangements being made at a moderate cost the Council approve the laying out of the Recreation Ground at Beech Hill for cricket, football, tennis, bowls and other sports and recreations”. Looking as the Common as it is today, it’s difficult to envisage quite where they would have fitted in, and what amount of soil-levelling would have to be done to make it feasible. The land, shown on old maps as ‘Beech Hill Common’, had originally been awarded in 1847 “to the Churchwarden and Overseers of the poor as an allotment for the Labouring Poor of Headley” – but by 1901 the land was “deemed unsuitable for allotments” and the area converted to recreation by Order of the Charity Commissioners who decreed it should be administ- ered and managed by the Parish Council as Trustees. We may not be surprised that it was not suitable for Allotments – but what may surprise us is the lack of trees in those days. In a Minute dated 15th July 1920, “Mr CE Fraser drew the attention of the Council that the trees on Beech Hill Recreation Ground were growing up and interfering with the view – also that the seats originally placed by the Council on the top of the Ground had disappeared.” Later that year “it was unanimously agreed that a sub-committee be asked to get levels taken and an estimate made of the cost of laying out the cricket and football field and to take the levels of the Rectory Field for comparison – and that the sub-committee do also obtain a separate estimate for the cost of merely cutting down such trees as obstruct the view and of putting in such seats as they consider desirable.” And in March 1926, Andrew Kay, who lived in Windmill House at the top, put in a request to “cut trees in the Recreation Ground which obstructed his view and to pay 1/- each for same,” and this was approved by the Parish Council. Times change – try that one now!! But when did the land start to be called Arford Common? If you know, let us know.
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Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Light up a Life will take place this year on Monday 7th December Because of Coronavirus, and to keep everyone safe, the service will be live streamed from in front of Guildford Cathedral, at 7.30pm, so that all those who would usually attend can instead watch it from home. It will include carols and prayers as usual, but instead of the Hospice Christmas tree which everyone would traditionally gather around, this year Phyllis Tuckwell will be projecting a giant Christmas tree onto the front of the Cathedral. You can watch the service live at www.pth.org.uk/lualservice2020 and it will also be recorded, so it can be watched at a later date. Sky-High Fundraising Three skydive days are planned for 2021, on Saturday 27th March, Saturday 19th June and Saturday 12th September. Held at the UK’s largest skydiving drop zone in Netheravon, Salisbury, these skydives are run by the Army Parachute Association, who will provide you with an in-depth training session before attaching you to one of their experienced tandem instructors for the jump. At 12,000 feet you’ll leave the plane behind as you both head back to terra firma, experiencing freefall speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour before your instructor deploys the parachute canopy and you begin your gentle five minute descent to the landing zone. Registration fee £50; minimum sponsorship £450. To sign up, visit www.pth.org.uk/events, email [email protected] or call Phyllis Tuckwell’s Fundraising team on 01252 729446.
From Headley Parish Council Minutes … 16th April 1920: The Allotments Committee reported that arrangements had been made whereby men should break up ground at Deadwater at the rate of 3/- per rod (the Council to provide a certain amount of manure) and that they should take the land at the current rental afterwards.
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Revd Dr Andrew Barton The Rector All Saints Rectory, High Street Headley, GU35 8PP 01428 717321 (Day off Monday) Revd Helen Kempster 01428 713973 Assistant Curate [email protected] Sam Gridgeman 01428 717207 Parish Administrator [email protected] Office open Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30-12.00 Christine Leonard* 01428 712010 Churchwardens Edwin Catt* 01420 478020 Deputy Churchwardens Richard Kemp* 01428 713665 Ian Jenkins* 01428 717507 Licenced Lay Minister David Arnott 01420 478182 (Reader) Reader Emeritus David Turrill 01428 609272 01428 713309 ASH Puppets Frances Morgan* [email protected] Christian Stewardship Simon Parton 01428 714371 Church Centre Booking Tina Wareham 01428 717784 Electoral Roll Officer Carole Wilson 01428 712372 Flower Rota Christine Leonard 01428 712010 Gift Aid Keith Henderson 01428 713044 Hon. Treasurer Bob Wilson* 01428 713113 Distribution Carole Wilson 01428 712372 Parish Editorial Christine Leonard 01428 712010 Magazine Team Jo Smith 01428 712892 Contributions to: [email protected] PCC Secretary Ann Sherburne-Hall* 01428 713566 Social Committee Ian Jenkins* 01428 717507 Sunday Club Lesley Barton 01428 717321 Verger Edwin Catt* (temp) 01420 478020 Website & Sacristan Lin Jenkins 01428 717507 * Denotes PCC member
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OTHER CHURCHES WITHIN THE PARISH Lindford Methodist Church (Chase Road) Minister Deacon Janet Heys 01420 487834 Headley Down St. Francis Community Church Pastoral Assistant Martin Firman 01428 714095 Pastoral Assistant John Russell 07506 582027 Grayshott St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Parish Priest Father John Chandler 01420 472415 Services: Mass at 9.30am Vigil Mass 5.30pm Saturdays Holy days of Obligation Mass 9.30am Bordon Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart Parish Priest Father John Chandler 01420 472415 Services: Mass 11.15 am, Holy Days of Obligation 7.30 pm
SCHOOLS, PRE-SCHOOLS, PARENT & TODDLER GROUPS Little Badgers (Pre-school) Elaine Fyfield 07947 667125 Grayshott Little Sunflowers (Pre-school) Debbie Bean 07813 596167 Hollywater (Special) School Office 01420 474396 Lindford Parent & Toddler Group Laura Morgan 01730 269663 Little Treasures – Stay and Play (Headley Kye Anderson 07814 508852 Down) The Holme (C of E) Primary School Wendy Carter 01428 714409 Grayshott CE Primary School School Office 01428 605596 PK Pre-school Grayshott (Parent & toddler Carol Houghton 01428 602970 group) Pollyanna (Pre-school – Lindford) Mrs L Cooper 01420 476114
SPORTS CLUBS Bowls Sylvia Burrows 01428 712522 Cricket David Cook 07771 820795 Croquet Bob Wilson 01428 713113 Headley Youth Football Club Wayne Grover 01428 717599 Table Tennis Mike Measures 07879 636307 Paul Bettin 01428 713396 Tennis www.headleytennis.com Whitehill Archers Mike Daborn 07768 390075
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HALLS Broxhead Pavilion – www.broxheadpavilion.co.uk 07912 687887 Headley Church Centre Tina Wareham 01428 717784 Headley Village Hall [email protected] 07704 379406 Lindford Village Hall Stephen Holden 01420 475788 [email protected] Standford Hall Sue Sargeant 01428 751326 Scout Centre, Beech Hill Road Fraser Skirrow 01428 712100 St Francis Hall Cathie Russell 07964 764494 Wheatley Sports Pavilion Val Ellis 01428 714989 [email protected] Woodlands Community Hall, Heatherlands Nicky Clements 01428 717231 [email protected] MEDICAL Badgerswood Surgery 01428 713511 Headley Pharmacy (next to Badgerswood Surgery) 01428 717593
Regular Weekly Events at the Church Centre MONDAYS Fitsteps Dance Classes – 9.30-10.30 & 10.45-11.45am (07887 700045) TUESDAYS Art Classes – 9.30-noon & 1.00-3.30pm (Christopher Cole 01428 717402) WEDNESDAYS Art Classes – 7.00-9.30pm (Christopher Cole 01428 717402) THURSDAYS Headley Voluntary Care coffee morning – 10.15-noon Brownies – 5.45-7.15pm There are also Monthly meetings of: The Headley Society (1st Thursday) www.headley-village.com/society Arford WI (4th Thursday) Photographic Club (Tracey Clark [email protected])
‘How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it’ – Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
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