Newsletter SUMMER Programme 2020

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The Three Counties NT Association

Newsletter

and SUMMER programme 2020

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www.nationaltrust.org.uk/threecountiesassoc YOUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE Chairman’s Notes p 3 Three Counties Holiday in Durham, October 2019 p 4 Summer Programme 2020 April 16 (Thurs) Bath and the American Museum p 7 April 22 (Wed) Three Counties Members’ Lunch p 8 May 12 (Tues) “Cotswold Jewels” (C&V) p 8 May 27 (Wed) Parham House & Arundel p 9 June 25 (Thurs) Rochester p 10 July 20 (Mon) Weald and Downland Museum & Goodwood p 12 August 3 (Mon) Sackville College and Standen (N.T.) p 13 September 15 (Tues) “A Cotswold Country File” (C&V) p 14 News from local N.T. Properties South Downs N.T. p 14 2020 Summer Holiday - note on completing booking form p 15 Important Notes p 16 This programme is correct at the time of going to press, but the Committee reserves the right to make alterations to it, or to cancel an undersubscribed event. - - - - - DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

NEW MEMBERS! NEW MEMBERS!

New Members’ Coffee Morning: Tuesday March 10, 2020 at 10.30 am

The Committee of the Three Counties Association have great pleasure in inviting you to have free coffee and biscuits with us at The Devil’s Punchbowl National Trust Café at Hindhead. This informal get-together will provide a good opportunity to get to know who’s who in the Committee and ask any questions you have about our activities.

All new members who have joined the Association since February 2019 (membership numbers 1479 and higher) are warmly invited to join us. There’s free parking, provided you have your N.T. stickers on show. We do hope that you will be able to come. An application form is included with the booking forms for this summer’s trips.

The annual Three Counties Holiday, in Shropshire and the Potteries, will be from Sunday September 20 to Friday September 25, 2020. Further information and an application form are included with this programme. The holiday is bound to be popular: early booking is recommended. See important note on page 15 about bookings for this holiday.

THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION

Committee - as at January 2020

Chairman: Richard Woodhams (01428 741495)

Hon Secretary: Fay Foster (01428 644183)

Hon Treasurer: Ann Harmes (01428 653750)

Members: Louise Brown (01730 893506), Peggy Greaves (Membership Secretary) (01428 722243), John Horner (Talks Organiser) (01428 724068), Carolyn Williamson (01428 722730) and Chris Wright (01428 725301).

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CHAIRMAN’S NOTES

A new decade and, for the Three Counties Association, a new and more streamlined name, but the same purpose - to provide enjoyable and stimulating events and social activities for people who value our heritage of beautiful and interesting places and collections, and to support, as appropriate, the activities of the National Trust, especially the conservation and restoration work in local N.T. properties. At last October’s AGM we agreed to open our membership for the first time to people who are not members of the National Trust. We very warmly welcome these new members to our friendly group, and look forward to meeting them on this summer season’s trips. As usual we have arranged a variety of outings to locations near and more distant, familiar and less familiar, including several that the Three Counties has never visited before. We are continuing with the popular coffee mornings for new members’ at the Devil’s Punch Bowl N.T. café, while everyone is invited to the annual members’ lunch - back in Haslemere again this year - where new friends mingle with and get to know those who have been members for years.

We remain - and always will be - an Association of National Trust supporters, and will continue to deepen and strengthen our links with local N.T. properties. All the surplus money made from our outings and events goes to support their projects. At our 2019 AGM we agreed grants totalling £6,000 to three properties: to the South Downs N.T. for fencing on Woolbeding Common and replanting the Terwick Lupin field; to River Wey Navigation for roller blinds at Dapdune Wharf and towards the purchase of a chain hoist which will make it much easier to lift lock gates for maintenance; and to Oakhurst Cottage towards the restoration of their 19th Century quilt. Oakhurst Cottage, in Hambledon in Surrey, is the Association’s special project and we give priority to meeting its needs. A line drawing of this ancient and charming house is on the front page of this Programme. Please visit these places - and of course other local N.T. properties - when you can, and see how the Association is contributing to their maintenance and restoration.

Last year’s UK holiday in County Durham was greatly enjoyed (see report on page 4) and we are delighted that Success Tours have now been able to offer Association members a holiday based on Shrewsbury and the Potteries in September 2020. Details are included

3 with this programme. Do tell your friends about this and encourage them to come on what promises to be a most interesting trip.

Quite a few Three Counties members live in and around Petersfield. Following representations, we experimentally included a Petersfield pick-up in one of last autumn’s outings. We are doing the same with two trips this summer. Whether we continue after that depends on a number of things, including how many people actually choose to get on the coach at Petersfield, and the extra time taken to get to the centre of the town especially during school drop-off, when local traffic tends to seize up.

I urge members who have access to the internet to visit the Association’s website (www.nationaltrust.org.uk/threecountiesassoc) which includes reports on all our recent outings and other information about the Association. Those who have not yet joined our trips will get a good idea of the sort of very enjoyable things that we do, while for others the reports, and especially the accompanying photos, should jog happy memories.

Finally, I would like to pay special tribute this year to my hard-working team on the Three Counties Committee - Ann, Carolyn, Chris, Fay, John, Louise and Peggy - for their enterprise and devotion to the Association. But for their efforts we would have no summer programme to offer. I am most grateful, too, to those other Association members who have cheerfully given us much invaluable support during the year.

I look forward to seeing you in 2020!

Richard Woodhams

The Committee, as you will notice from the list on page 3, is now very small and it was quite an achievement putting this Summer Programme together. We urgently need to recruit more Committee members to keep the show on the road in 2021 and beyond! Please consider joining us: if you are interested don’t hesitate to speak to me or any Committee member and we will be delighted to explain how you can help.

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THREE COUNTIES HOLIDAY IN DURHAM, OCTOBER 2019

Sunday October 13 After a very early start, having met our tour guide, Georgia, at 5.30 am, we set off to meet our main driver for the week, David, at Cobham Services where we had a quick comfort and coffee break too. It rained all the way up to Burghley House, but many of us slept as we had been up so early! The Elizabethan house is very opulent with the most amazing collection of paintings, fabulous furniture and a vast kitchen full of copper pots and pans. Lunch for us was well organised in the Orangery then it was onward to Newton Aycliffe, arriving at the handsome building and welcoming staff of Redworth Hall Hotel at 5 pm.

Monday October 14 A day in Durham City where we were dropped off in the centre, right by the bus stop for the Hop-on, Hop-off bus on which most of us travelled using our own local bus passes! We were transported up the steep hill for a visit to the magnificent

4 cathedral. It is a wonderful building and the guided tour was excellent, taking in the resting places of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, and the Venerable Bede. Later in the day we all met up for our visit to Crook Hall, the medieval Manor (c.1271), complete with ghosts. Here we were given a tour of this, the oldest merchants house in the city, followed by afternoon tea before heading back to our hotel.

Tuesday October 15 Today we had an all-day visit to the famous Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle, a very imposing chateau - like building and housing an excellent café where we partook of morning coffee (a must for us all) before exploring the numerous rooms full of treasures collected by John and Josephine Bowes. These included paintings, porcelain, fabrics, furniture and fashion. Some members had seen on television, the night before, a programme that included the wonderful lace collection here. When asked by members if they could see it, the staff very willingly opened it up for them. At 2 pm on the dot the magical Silver Swan automaton, the emblem of Bowes, came to life. A wonder to behold as it was originally built in 1773 (and eventually bought by John Bowes in 1872) yet still in superb daily working order.

Wednesday October 16 Today we arrived at the National Museum of the Navy in Hartlepool which looks a bit like Portsmouth Dockyard but on a smaller scale. We toured HMS Trincomalee and saw an excellent exhibition of what life was like on a fighting ship – it must have been terrible!! Even though the weather was a little drizzly, a light lunch was taken in the café overlooking the atmospheric quay. after which we boarded the coach for the short drive to Ormesby Hall where the sun came out for us. Sadly, the Hall is in great need of attention and money spent on it to bring it back to its former glory. We wonder what the National Trust’s plan is for the future of this property, as they are the owners. It certainly needs to do something to bring in the visitors to bring some much needed revenue. However, the model railway on the first floor run by a local club attracted some interest. A good chance for members to experience an N.T. property not really up to scratch.

Thursday October 17 On a brilliant, sunny morning we made our way to the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, housed in an impressive glass and steel building situated on the quay. There was a brilliant exhibition, added to which we had a private tour encompassing three demonstrations of different types of glass blowing, all with interesting results. Scones and coffee were provided in the middle of the tour, and at the end of the morning members could visit the café and take their lunch outside onto the quay and enjoy the wonderful and warm sunshine. In the afternoon we took a short drive along the coastal road to the Souter Lighthouse, also N.T. owned, by which was designed and built to be powered by electricity. Although de-commissioned, the Keeper’s House is in its original condition and the knowledgeable and enthusiastic volunteers happy to tell us about the history of it all. Some of our brave party actually climbed to the top of the lighthouse and would have had a clear view of the coastline and the North Sea. Di had stated in her booklet that this might have been the first ever visit to a lighthouse, as a group, of the Three Counties. Always something new for us!

Friday October 18 All packed and on our homeward journey, stopping for a good break and most enjoyable luncheon at the Normanton Park Hotel right on the edge of Rutland Water. Then the second half of the journey back via the A1, M25, with a comfort stop at Cobham, and A3, on a Friday afternoon, with the usual slow progress here, until reaching 5 our stop-off points ending in Midhurst at around 8.30 pm. We had said our goodbyes to Georgia, our tour leader who had been an absolute delight, and to David, our driver, always smiling, caring and smooth - so many miles clocked, but in a comfortable Truemans coach with room to spread.

This was another of Di’s meticulously planned and very enjoyable holidays but, sadly, she was not able to be with us on this occasion. So a big ‘thank you’ from us all!

Angela Campbell Horne

THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE

On 4 December 2019 Three Counties members enjoyed a fascinating and enlightening talk at the Weyhill Community Centre on the work of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance Service (HIOWAA).

HIOWAA is the charity that delivers an advanced Critical Care Team to sick and injured people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight when they need it most. Available both day and night, 365 days a year, the Air Ambulance Critical Care Team, made up of Specialist Critical Care Paramedics, HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) Doctors and Pilots, is called out many times a day to attend road traffic collisions, sporting accidents, collapses and many other incidents. The Air Ambulance can be anywhere in Hampshire within 15 minutes and anywhere on the Isle of Wight within 20 minutes.

HIOWAA is a charity which relies entirely on donations from the community to carry out its life-saving service. It costs approximately £15,000 a day to keep the service operational.

To find out more about HIOWAA please visit its website: www.hiowaa.org where information is given on how to make donations to this vital service.

BOOK BY FAY FOSTER

Among her many other talents, our Three Counties Secretary, Fay Foster, is the author of a recently published book “Haslemere, with Hindhead, an Idyllic Country Town”. Its 200 pages include history, buildings, customs, anecdotes – in fact everything that makes Haslemere the vibrant, friendly town it is. There are also chapters on villages and hamlets within 8 miles of Haslemere, and potted histories of illustrious forefathers.

Having lived in Haslemere for 58 years, been a long-serving Town Councillor and worked as a reporter on the Haslemere Herald, Fay’s knowledge of the town and its neighbouring areas is considerable.

The book, which costs £14.95, includes over 100 coloured photographs. Copies may be ordered from Fay at [email protected] or bought from Haslemere Bookshop, the Museum, or from Grayshott Pottery.

SUMMER PROGRAMME 2020

Thursday 16 April 2020

Bath and the American Museum.

This outing is in two parts: a walking tour of parts of Bath, followed by an afternoon at the nearby American Museum. Our guides in Bath will be two gentlemen, Thomas (pictured here) and Alistair, dressed in Georgian attire. They both have an extensive knowledge of Bath and its history. They will meet the coach and escort us to the 18th century Pump Room Restaurant for morning coffee and bakery goods (included in the ticket price), where we may well also have a trio playing background music.

Fully refreshed, we will then break into two groups for a walking tour around Georgian Bath, focussing on the old city. This will take about an hour, will be at a slow pace, and will not include any steep hills. Thomas will be happy to guide us for a bit longer if anyone would like more detail. After these tours, we will have time to explore Bath a little further, and have lunch (not included in the ticket price).

Following lunch, we will re-board the coach for the short trip to the American Museum and Gardens at Claverton Manor. The Museum takes you on a journey through the history of America, from its early settlers to the twentieth century. With its remarkable collection of folk and decorative arts, the Museum shows the diverse and complex nature of American traditions. The only museum of Americana outside the United States, it was founded to bring American history and cultures to the people of Britain and Europe. We will be able to explore the Museum and Gardens under our own steam, and finish with a cream tea (included in the ticket price) before heading for home at about 4.30 pm.

Cost: £60 per person, which includes coach travel, gratuities, morning coffee and guided tour of Bath, entry to the American Museum and cream tea. Other refreshments are at members’ own expense.

Coach leaves: Haslemere Hall at 7.35 am, Haslemere St. Christopher’s Green (car park side) at 7.40 am, Liphook at 7.55 am and Petersfield at 8.10 am. Leaves the American Museum for home at 4.30 pm.

Organiser: Carolyn Williamson

Wednesday 22 April 2020

Members’ Lunch

We’re returning to The Georgian Hotel in the centre of Haslemere for our 2020 Members’ Lunch. We’ve enjoyed our annual lunch there a few times in the past: it’s comfortable and they’ve always provided an excellent meal with good service in very pleasant and spacious surroundings. We know from past comments that our members like to be able to move around at the end of the meal and chat to friends and other members who they may not have seen for some time and this is your opportunity to do this without having to climb onto a coach! It’s a very relaxed ambience and other local groups who have held lunches there recently have given very favourable reports. An added bonus is that there’s a sizeable public car park right behind the hotel.

On arrival you will be offered a glass of wine or juice and canapés, after which we will sit down to a two-course lunch. The Hotel’s chef has produced a menu with choices which should have something to appeal to everyone and we ask you to indicate your own selection on the booking form. No lunch drinks are included in the price but you will of course be able to buy drinks from the bar. After the meal coffee (or tea) will be served.

If you would like a lift to Haslemere please contact Jacqui Woodhams on 01428 741495 and she will do her best to help.

Cost: £34 per person which covers pre-lunch drink, 2 course meal and coffee (or tea). Please indicate any specific dietary needs on your booking form.

Organisers: Dot Jackson and Jacqui Woodhams

Tuesday 12 May 2020

“Cotswold Jewels” (C&V)

Today, in the company of a top-notch City & Village Blue Badge Guide, we explore beautiful landscapes and visit an Indian Palace on a Cotswold hill.

We arrive in the Cotswolds at 10.30 am with time to buy morning refreshments in Moreton- in-Marsh at the head of the Evenlode Valley. This thriving market town has a 1,000-year history going back to Saxon times. We will be there on a Tuesday morning to enjoy the vibe of the largest market in the Cotswolds. The expert Blue Badge Guide will show you some of the highlights of this handsome town and share some of its stories.

Then we're off by coach to explore some very beautiful landscapes, taking in Stow-on-the- Wold, where the wind can indeed blow cold, and Capability Brown's dramatic Broadway Tower set on a beacon hill just off an ancient trading route. Broadway is the Jewel of the Cotswolds with an absolute chocolate box of a High Street lined with horse chestnut trees and a mixture of period houses and picturesque honey-coloured stone cottages. Victorian artists and writers were drawn here and those seekers of beauty, the Arts and Crafts

8 movement made homes in the area. There is a good choice of places to buy lunch and some great mooching to be had.

Nothing quite prepares you for Sezincote. Winding through mighty oaks lining a long drive, we see a weathered-copper onion dome straight out of India atop a beautiful house in the honey coloured stone of the Cotswolds. It was built for Samuel Pepys' grandson - a Nabob of the East India Company. A curving orangery unfurls above a Repton landscape where gurgling water tumbles into the Island Pool in the valley bottom, before joining the River Evenlode below.

Sezincote wowed the Prince Regent, thus inspiring the Brighton Pavilion and it is now attracting lots of visitors having wowed viewers of BBC Gardeners' World. You'll be taken

Sezincote on a tour of the house (beautiful Regency interiors, lovely and light and not overly long - heavenly!) and have time to explore the gardens. We'll stop nearby to buy a cuppa before heading home by 5.00 pm.

Cost: £46 per person, which includes coach travel, the C&V guide, gratuities, entry and guided tour at Sezincote. All refreshments are at members’ own expense.

Coach leaves: Haslemere Hall at 7.20 am, Haslemere St. Christopher’s Green (car park side) at 7.25 am, and Liphook at 7.45 am. Leave for home at 5 pm.

Organiser: Chris Wright

Wednesday 27 May 2020

Parham House & Arundel

Parham House and Brighton Pavilion are the only two Sussex properties awarded five stars by Simon Jenkins in his “England’s Thousand Best Houses”. What captivated him was the sense of peace in the property, sited as it is in a bowl of land just north of the 9

South Downs, and the spirit it embodies of the last glorious years of Good Queen Bess. Since 1577 only three different families have lived at Parham. The Pearsons, owners since 1922, have restored and enriched its architecture, pictures and park ever since. The family, who live in the house, have also amassed the finest collection of needlework outside London.

On arrival the staff will give a welcome talk and we will proceed to the Big Kitchen for coffee and biscuits (included in the ticket price). We will then divide into two groups: the first group will be taken for a guided tour of the house while the rest of the party has (unguided) access to the gardens. After about an hour and a quarter the two groups will change over. After a soup and sandwich lunch at Parham (included in the ticket price) we will take the coach for the short journey to Arundel, where we have the rest of the afternoon to explore and take tea (own expense).

“Arundel seen from a distance is one of the great town views in England, although very un- English: castle and dramatic pinnacled church at either end of a long ridge, backed by the downs, with mellow brick houses tumbling down to the River Arun” (Nairn/Pevsner in Buildings of England - Sussex). The castle (2020 entrance prices not yet announced) and the Roman Catholic cathedral (free entry) are certainly worth visits, but there are many other interesting places to see in Arundel including the fourteenth-century parish Church. The environs of the Town Bridge are extremely pleasant, and Swanborne Lake, with its café, is only half a mile walk from the Town Centre, where there are also several possibilities for afternoon teas. The coach leaves Arundel for home at 5pm.

Cost: £47 per person, which includes coach travel, gratuities, entrance and guided house tour at Parham House, morning coffee and biscuits and soup and sandwich lunch. All other refreshments are at members’ own expense.

Coach leaves: Petersfield at 8.30 am, Liphook at 8.50 am, St. Christopher’s Green (Green side) at 9.10 am, and Haslemere Hall at 9.15 am. Leave Arundel for home at 5 pm.

Organiser: Richard Woodhams

Thursday 25 June 2020

Rochester

It is almost ten years since the Three Counties last visited Rochester in Kent so this is a long overdue return to the Medway. Our day begins at Rochester Cathedral with coffee and cake (included in the ticket price) in the recently opened Café in the 13th century Crypt. We will then be split up into groups for tours with the always excellent Cathedral guides. This Cathedral is packed full of history, being the second oldest in England dating back to AD604 - that’s 1400 years of Christian worship on the same site. It also has the oldest Choir School in the world and there was even a Bishop burned at the stake for his support of Lady Jane Grey - all fascinating facts to whet your appetite for this outing. The guided tour takes approximately 90 minutes and there are a few steps to manage.

For lunch (not included in the ticket cost) Rochester has very many eateries from the usual cafés to pubs to pizza places. Of course you can remain where you are and eat at the Café in the Crypt, which does light lunches with all profits going to the running of the Cathedral. Rochester Castle (English Heritage), overlooking the Medway and the town bridge, is only a short distance from the Cathedral and worth a visit if you have time. Its Norman tower- keep of Kentish ragstone was built about 1127 and still stands 113 feet high. In 1215, garrisoned by rebel barons, the castle endured an epic siege by King John. Rebuilt under Henry III and Edward I, it remained a viable fortress until the sixteenth century.

Rochester Castle

Our afternoon visit is to the privately owned Restoration House in Crow Lane - so called because it is where Charles Stuart and his two brothers, the Dukes of Gloucester and York, stayed during Charles’s progress to London following his exile and prior to being restored to the throne. Another part of the House’s fascinating history, which we will hear about in our visit, is its connection with Charles Dickens. It has been painstakingly restored by the current owners who have made many exciting discoveries. We will divide into two groups and while the first is being given the guided tour of the house, the second will do a self-guided tour of the garden which also has a complicated and interesting history. It is an unusually large walled garden only about 100 yards from Rochester’s old High Street. The owners had a major fight to try to prevent the garden being destroyed by a housing development - a battle which ended up in court which thankfully found in the owners’ favour. The work of restoring this wonderful medieval garden is ongoing and more is emerging of its layout. We finish our day with afternoon tea (included in the ticket price) at Restoration House, specially prepared for us by volunteers to raise funds for the local Hospice.

Cost: £50 per person which includes coach travel, guided tours and a guide book at Restoration House. The Garden is also included in the cost of the ticket as well as our morning coffee/cake and afternoon tea. All other refreshments are at members’ own expense.

Coach leaves: Liphook at 8.05 am, St. Christopher’s Green (Green side) at 8.25 am and Haslemere Hall at 8.30 am. Leave Rochester for home at 4.30 pm.

Organiser: Louise Brown 11

Monday 20 July 2020

Weald and Downland Museum & Goodwood

This trip is relatively local but is a really special day, culminating with a first class cream tea in the famous Ball Room at Goodwood House. Our first stop is the Weald and Downland

Weald and Downland Living Museum

Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The purpose of this independent Museum is to rescue and conserve historic buildings, teach traditional trades and crafts to ensure their preservation, and share the untold stories of a thousand years of rural life in South-East England. The collection, spread over a 40-acre site, includes more than 50 rescued rural homes and buildings set in a beautiful landscape in the South Downs National Park. Buildings featured include three complete mediaeval houses, a watermill, smithy and bakehouse, a timber-framed market hall, and a school. Not to be missed is the Museum’s stunning 21st century structure: the award-winning Gridshell, a lightweight structure made of oak laths. The upper level is a conservation workshop and training space, while below is home to the Museum’s designated collection of tools and artefacts.

Tea and coffee will be served on arrival before we divide into groups for the introductory guided tour of the site. A lunch of jacket potatoes with a choice of fillings (which, like the morning coffee, is included in the ticket price) has been arranged, before we leave at 1.40 pm to travel on to Goodwood House.

The first building on this site was a Jacobean hunting lodge. The Duke of Richmond purchased it in 1697 and the house was greatly extended especially around 1800-06, partly to accommodate the Duke’s large picture collection, now featuring works by Canaletto, Stubbs, Lely and van Dyke. Among other notable features of the house is the Egyptian Dining Room, designed by Wyatt in 1802.

At Goodwood we will be met on arrival and given a guided tour (lasting about an hour and a quarter) of the State Apartments and the Old House, followed by a full afternoon cream tea in the Ballroom (included in the ticket price) with an array of sandwiches, cakes, pastries and traditional English scones. There will be time to stroll around the grounds before leaving for home at 4.30 pm.

Cost: £65 per person, which includes coach travel, gratuities, morning coffee, lunch and guided tour of the Weald and Downland Museum, as well as entry, guided tour and cream tea at Goodwood House.

Coach leaves: Haslemere Hall at 9.35 am, Haslemere St. Christopher’s Green (Car park side) at 9.40 am, Liphook at 10.00 am and Petersfield at 10.20 am. Leave Goodwood for home at 4.30 pm.

Organiser: Carolyn Williamson

Monday 3 August 2020

Sackville College (East Grinstead) & Standen (N.T.)

Simon Jenkins said that “the lemon sandstone, gabled centrepiece and old flagstones of Sackville College are a happy retreat from the town’s bustle yet are not isolated from it”. The College, founded in 1609 by the will of Robert Sackville, Second Earl of Dorset, is a charitable foundation whose primary use is still to provide accommodation for fifteen pensioners of slender means with roots in the town. Most of the buildings date from 1619. Of particular interest is the warden’s study, where the Revd. John Neal (warden 1846- 1866) wrote many well-known hymns and carols. It is highly atmospheric: the furnishings are those of Dr Neal’s own time and you can easily feel that he has just left the room for a moment. On arrival we will be served with coffee or tea (included in the ticket price) and divided into smaller groups for our guided tour. There are no significant accessibility problems but be prepared for uneven stone paths and some stone steps.

At about 12.30 the coach will take us the short distance to Standen (N.T.). Standen, designed in 1891 for James Beale, a Birmingham solicitor, is the final masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts architect, Philip Webb, and the furnishings and internal decorations reflect this movement at the height of its influence. Throughout the house, the fabrics, wallpaper and tiles are of the period and mostly from William Morris’s own firm: cabinets are by Ashbee and ceramics by de Morgan. The spectacularly-located 12-acre hillside gardens, established by Mrs Beale, have been restored by the N.T. to their 1920s glory.

On arrival at around 12.45, a member of visitor reception will board the coach and give a “history of Standen” talk and distribute our timed tickets. Successive groups of 10 people will be allowed into the house at 10-minute intervals starting at 2.45 pm, for their self- guided tour. Lunch (at members’ expense) is available in the cafe until 2.30 pm. Those whose entries are timed before 3 o’clock are advised to start their meals early! There will be plenty of time to view the gardens or have tea - or both - before the coach leaves at 4.45 pm.

Cost per person: £27 for N.T. Members and £37 for non-N.T. members. The ticket price for non- N.T. members is higher because it includes the entrance charge at Standen, which is a National Trust property. The ticket price includes coach travel, gratuities, morning coffee and guided tour of Sackville College, entry and history talk at Standen. Other refreshments are at members’ own expense.

Coach leaves: Liphook at 8.25 am, Haslemere St. Christopher’s Green (Green side) at 8.45 am and Haslemere Hall at 8.50 am. Leave Standen for home at 4.45 pm.

Organiser: Richard Woodhams 13

Tuesday 15 September 2020

“A Cotswold Country File” (C&V)

Another trip with our friends at City & Villages. Having picked up our Blue Badge Guide, we will first stop at Burford for coffee and the deliciously naughty Burford Lardy Cake (included in the ticket price), and learn a little about the town and local area. Then by coach, off the beaten track through hamlets and villages nestling in gorgeous countryside, to Northleach. Here we can view the “Cathedral of the Cotswolds” and have time to buy lunch (not included) and explore interesting alleys full of ancient houses.

After lunch we sweep across the top of the Cotswold escarpment to Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park. Seasonal demonstrations will be available, together with 20 minute tractor safaris to see the wonderful views filmed for BBC television. At the end of the afternoon we’ll be welcomed into the marquee for an entertaining short talk about the farm and the rare breeds it houses, together with a question-and-answer session over a cup of tea (included) before heading for home around 5 pm.

Cost: £52 per person, which includes coach travel, gratuities, C&V guide, morning coffee at Burford and entry to, and tea at, the Cotswold Country Farm Park Other refreshments are at members’ own expense.

Coach leaves: Haslemere Hall at 7.35 am, Haslemere St. Christopher’s Green (car park side) at 7.40 am, and Liphook at 8.00 am. Leave Cotswold Farm Park for home at 5 pm.

Organiser: Carolyn Williamson

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NEWS FROM LOCAL N.T. PROPERTIES

Please support local National Trust properties, and encourage your family and friends to do so too. We are delighted to include the following update from the South Downs National Trust Portfolio.

Black Down

The Valewood project is our main focus at the moment, including the release of two beavers. We have now received a licence from Natural England and funding from Viridor. The Black Down and Hindhead Supporters group are currently fundraising a further £50,000 for us to complete the delivery. In addition to that we continue to work with our Full Time Immersive Volunteers and are always looking for support in training them to become our rangers in the future.

Slindon

Work has started and will continue on Downes Barn to turn it into a new learning space. We now have a learning ranger in post and this space should enable us to deliver activities

14 to a wide range of groups to improve their understanding of and engagement with the wider Slindon estate and the work of the Trust.

Devil’s Dyke

The trial phase of the Trust in Nature (“TiN”) project has been completed and the five year project has now started. This is an excellent scheme where participants follow up on their involvement in the GROW project, a scheme that gives people who have suffered with issues around mental health the opportunity to work outside and improve their health. TiN is an opportunity for those participants to continue volunteering with the Trust. The team are also working on a project to restore 10 dew ponds across the Downs near Brighton with new fencing and lining of the ponds. - - - - -

2020 SUMMER HOLIDAY IN SHROPSHIRE AND THE POTTERIES

Please read this before filling in your booking form

This year’s holiday is being arranged and run by Success Tours, whose standard booking form, enclosed, differs from those the Association produced for previous Summer holidays. You do not, for example, fill in Section 5 which relates to overseas tours. Please also note the following:

Price: The quoted price of £750 per person depends on the number of bookings by 27 March 2020 totalling at least 35 people. If there are between 30 and 34 bookings on that day the price increases to £785 per person and members booking will be asked to pay the extra £35. We will contact you at the time to be sure that you agree to this. If the number is fewer than 30 on 27 March we will cancel the holiday and return the £75 deposits paid. Clearly it is in your interest to publicise the holiday among your friends!

If there are more bookings than places available on the holiday there will be a ballot to allocate places, with priority to members of the Association and any member who accompanies their application with a red “Priority” sticker.

Association membership number: Please enter this number (which is shown on the cover of your Summer Programme) and not your N.T. membership number.

Sharing rooms: All rooms are either double or twin, and a supplement of £175 is payable for single occupancy. As before, single members may choose to share a twin-bedded room with another member. In those cases each member concerned should fill in a separate form and write in the “Special Requests” box who you plan to share the room with.

Insurance: As all the arrangements for the holiday are being made by Success Tours, you are not covered by the N.T.’s personal accident insurance which applies on day outings organised by the Three Counties Association. You are therefore strongly advised to make sure that you have appropriate insurance cover for this holiday either through the arrangements which can be made by Success Tours (details on the form) or an insurer of your choice.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Your Association Membership Number is on the front of your programme.

Tickets for outings are available only to members of the Association who have paid their subscriptions for 2019-20. On day trips, members may each purchase tickets for one guest who is not a member of the Association (but see below on ballots). If a member wishes to withdraw from an outing, the organiser will endeavour to put him/her in touch with someone on the waiting list if there is one. Money will not be refunded unless the event is cancelled by the organiser. Tickets may not be transferred without the agreement of the organiser

No places on trips will be allocated until 14 days after the programme has been sent out. If at that time a trip is oversubscribed, there will be a ballot, with priority to Association members and especially to those who, having been unsuccessful in ballots for previous trips, have used their red “Priority” stickers. If a trip is seriously undersubscribed and would, if run, lose money for the Association, it will be cancelled and members’ cheques will be returned.

Booking forms should be sent to the event organiser named on the form, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope. Please send a separate cheque (payable to “Three Counties Assn. N.T.”) and a separate s.a.e. for each outing or event for which you apply. If you want to travel with a friend who is also a Three Counties member, please indicate this on the form and we will do our best to accommodate your wishes.

The ticket price for outings always includes the coach costs and appropriate gratuities for the coach driver and any guides. If we visit a National Trust property please bring your N.T. membership card with you or you will have to pay to get in. On those trips, the ticket price for non-members of the N.T, includes the entry charge. The notes on each outing indicate if any refreshments are included in the price. In some cases meals will have to be ordered and/or paid for at the time of booking: please refer to the booking forms for further details.

The coach pick-up points are: Haslemere Hall, Haslemere St. Christopher’s Green, Liphook (Sainsbury’s bus stop) and for some outings, Petersfield (Waitrose car park). It is most important that you join the coach at the point which you indicated on your booking form unless you inform the organiser of a change in advance. Coaches will not wait for late arrivals more than five minutes after the scheduled departure time.

Dogs may not be brought on trips without the prior approval of the organiser.

Accessibility details provided by the venues are mentioned in the write-up for each trip. Anyone who thinks that they may need a wheelchair at the venue must mention this when applying for tickets and must make their own arrangements before the trip for any other assistance they may need.

Please note that members of the Association over the age of 90, and members’ guests who are not members of the Association, are not covered by the National Trust’s Third Party Indemnity Insurance. These people participate in Association activities at their own risk.

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THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION APPLICATION FORM Event Date Price Names of Persons Attending New Members’ Coffee Tuesday FREE Morning* 10 March 2020

* For members who have joined the Three Counties Association since February 2019 (membership numbers 1478

and above)

PLEASE READ IMPORTANT NOTE BELOW BEFORE SIGNING THIS FORM Signature.……………………..…………………… Date………………...... Assoc. Mem. No(s). .…………...... Tel. No. ……………………...... …. Mobile No...... Your email address is: ...... [please write clearly]

Please detach and send this booking form to: Mrs Fay Foster, 2S Maple Lodge, Lythe Hill Park, Haslemere GU27 3TE (tel: 01428 644183)

IMPORTANT NOTE

Data protection

Your application for this event denotes your acceptance of the Three Counties Association’s Data Protection Policy, which may be viewed on its website (www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/threecounties-association)

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SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost Bath & The American Thursday £60 Museum 16 April 2020

PLEASE READ IMPORTANT NOTES BELOW BEFORE SIGNING THIS FORM Signature.……………………..…………………… Date………………...... Assoc. Mem. No(s). .…………...... Tel. No. ……………………...... …. Mobile No...... Your email address is: ...... [please write clearly]

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE COACH? HASLEMERE (Hall) HASLEMERE (St Christopher’s Green) LIPHOOK (Sainsbury’s) PETERSFIELD (Waitrose)

Please detach and send this booking form, with a cheque payable to “Three Counties Assn. N.T.”, and a stamped addressed envelope, to: Carolyn Williamson, 21 Larch Close, Liphook, Hants GU30 7EY (tel: 01428 722730)

IMPORTANT NOTES

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Insurance

The National Trust provides insurance cover for Association members up to the age of 90 who take part in Three Counties day trips. Older members, and members’ guests who are not Three Counties members, are not covered by this insurance policy. They should make their own insurance arrangements to cover the possibility of personal injury on a Three Counties Outing. Your signature on this form indicates that you understand and accept the position regarding insurance cover for this trip.

SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost

Wednesday Members’ Lunch £34 22 April 2020

Please indicate your menu choices below. Where booking for more than one person, it will help with service on the day if you can indicate with their initials each person’s individual selection.

Main Course No req’d Dessert No req’d & initials & initials

Pork medallions with mustard mash, cider jus and Lemon tart with Chantilly seasonal vegetables cream and raspberry coulis Roast cod with a herb and parmesan crust, lemon butter Dark chocolate and hazelnut sauce, duchesse potatoes and seasonal vegetables tart with vanilla ice cream Roasted aubergine parmigiana with a tomato sauce and Selection of cheese and roasted new potatoes biscuits Please let us know of any special dietary needs here

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Please detach and send this booking form, with a cheque payable to “Three Counties Assn. N.T.”, and a stamped addressed envelope to: Jacqui Woodhams, The Old Engine House, Cooks Pond Road, Milland, Liphook GU30 7JY (tel: 01428 741495)

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SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost “Cotswold Jewels” Tuesday £46 (C&V) 12 May 2020

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE COACH? HASLEMERE (Hall) HASLEMERE (St Christopher’s Green) LIPHOOK (Sainsbury’s)

Please detach and send this booking form, with a cheque payable to “Three Counties Assn. N.T.” and a stamped addressed envelope to: Mr Chris Wright, The Nook, 18a Hazelbank Close, Liphook, Hants GU30 7BY (tel:01428 725301)

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SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost Parham House & Wednesday £47 Arundel 27 May 2020

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE COACH? HASLEMERE (Hall) HASLEMERE (St Christopher’s Green) LIPHOOK (Sainsbury’s) PETERSFIELD (Waitrose)

Please detach and send this booking form, with a cheque payable to “Three Counties Assn. N.T.” and a stamped addressed envelope to: Richard Woodhams, The Old Engine House, Cooks Pond Road, Milland, Liphook GU30 7JY (tel: 01428 741495)

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SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost Thursday Rochester £50 25 June 2020

Tea will be served at Restoration House. Please indicate here if you have any special dietary needs:

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WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE COACH? HASLEMERE (Hall) HASLEMERE (St Christopher’s Green) LIPHOOK (Sainsbury’s)

Please detach and send this booking form, with a cheque payable to “Three Counties Assn. N.T.”, and a stamped addressed envelope, to: Louise Brown, Kildonan, Steep Marsh, Petersfield, Hants GU32 2BN (tel: 01730 893506)

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SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost Weald and Downland Monday £65 Museum & Goodwood 20 July 2020

Lunch of jacket potatoes with a choice of fillings will be served at the Weald and Downland Museum and a cream tea with sandwiches and cakes at Goodwood Please indicate here if you have any special dietary needs:

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WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE COACH? HASLEMERE (Hall) HASLEMERE (St Christopher’s Green) LIPHOOK (Sainsbury’s) PETERSFIELD (Waitrose)

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SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM

Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost

N.T. £27 Sackville College & Monday member Standen (N.T.) 3 August 2020 Not N.T. £37 member PLEASE READ IMPORTANT NOTES BELOW BEFORE SIGNING THIS FORM Signature.……………………..…………………… Date………………...... Assoc. Mem. No(s). .…………...... Tel. No. ……………………...... …. Mobile No...... Your email address is: ...... [please write clearly]

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE COACH? HASLEMERE (Hall) HASLEMERE (St Christopher’s Green) LIPHOOK (Sainsbury’s)

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SUMMER 2020 THE THREE COUNTIES NT ASSOCIATION BOOKING FORM Event Date Price Tickets Names of Persons Attending Total Cost Tuesday “A Cotswold Country 15 September £52 File” (C&V) 2020

The ticket price includes coffee and cake at Burford and tea at Cotswold Farm Park. Please indicate here if you have any special dietary needs: ......

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE COACH? HASLEMERE (Hall) HASLEMERE (St Christopher’s Green) LIPHOOK (Sainsbury’s)

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