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Magazine team: Season’s Greetings! Editor: Geoff Banks – Tel. 07813 617768 A Happy New Year to you all and I hope everyone had email: [email protected] a lovely Christmas. This edition had tentatively been Ann Harington – Tel. 761624 planned to be out before Christmas, but that turned Peter Hobbs – Tel. 824069 out to be hopelessly optimistic. Life is much busier Dorothy Smith – Tel. 836031 than expected. Please email comments, articles, letters Speaking of hopeless optimism, you may remember or Horsell photos to: Geoff and Thomas watching the that I wrote about the Rugby World Cup in the Autumn [email protected] World Cup. Photo: Geoff Banks. edition of The Resident. In particular, I noted that Published by Horsell Residents Association “hopefully England will still be in the competition by Limited. A non-profit company limited the time you read this!” They were knocked out the weekend that we went to press... by Guarantee and a registered Charity. Our son Thomas seemed to enjoy some of the Rugby World Cup (the England games made Registered Company number 5377490. him cry), but what he really enjoyed recently was meeting Mrs Claus. She was helping out Registered Charity Number 1162487. at St. Mary’s Church during the Christmas festivities on Saturday 28th November. It was a Text and photos copyright individual authors and very enjoyable day, albeit rather windy. In a way we were lucky, though; the stronger winds photographers as named. that followed on Sunday would have forced a cancellation of many of the events owing to Printed by: Red Eye Print, 56 Goldsworth Rd, the difficulties of keeping marquees upright. The blustery wind aside, the Christmas Market Woking GU21 6LE. Tel: 772111 felt quite cosy (though perhaps a little too cramped at times), particularly the circle of stalls E-mail: [email protected] through the decorated archway. With the Salvation Army Brass Band belting out classic Artwork by: TBB Design. www.tbbdesign.co.uk carol music, it really did feel like Christmas. Email: [email protected] Tel: 829185 The location of the Christmas Market was different No responsibility for the quality of goods or services advertised in this magazine can be accepted by the to last year, which in turn was different to the years publishers or printers. Advertisements are included in before. We’d be interested to know what you all good faith. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the prior permission of the thought, as the different areas have various pros Publishers. The Publishers do not necessarily agree with and cons; it’s hard to please everyone. If you do the views expressed by contributors, nor do they accept any responsibility for errors of interpretation in the subject have any feedback about that or the event as a matter of this magazine. All reasonable care is taken to whole, the editor’s email address is in the green ensure accuracy in preparation of the magazine but the publishers cannot be held legally responsible for errors in box below. the articles or the return of unsolicited manuscripts, artwork, or projects. Whilst every care is taken, no responsibility can This is a recurring theme of this edition, but I’d be accepted for the safety of material submitted. like to extend my thanks to everyone who helped with the organising, assembling and running of the Horsell Residents’ Association Christmas festivities. I’d also like to thank everyone Contacts who came and took part, and I’d particularly like to President: Dorothy Smith thank Bob Holmes of the Woking News & Mail for Tel. 836031; [email protected] taking such lovely photos (a gallery of which can Chair: Robin Hoyle be seen on pages 8 & 9). This meant I could leave Tel: 730045; [email protected] my camera at home and enjoy the day with my son, Thomas meets Mrs Claus. Hon. Treasurer: Carol Cheesman which was much appreciated! Photo: Fiona Banks. Tel. 766696; [email protected] Hon. Secretary: Ronald Piper Geoff Tel: 855108; [email protected] Membership Secretary: Robin Hoyle Tel. 730045; [email protected] For the blog and twitter feed, contact Debbie Debbie’s Email: [email protected] Blog: www.horsellresidents.com/blog Twitter: http://twitter.com/Horsellresident
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Dear Resident, Horsell Calendar and Cards I hope you all managed to spend time at one of the three events One of the fund-raising successes of 2015 has been the production that together made a wonderful village celebration on Saturday 28th of the Horsell Calendar for 2016, full of contact details of local November. Each time I visited the Christmas Festive Fair at The organisations, significant community events and a collection of great Village School or the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church photographs. Some copies are still available in outlets in the village I could hardly move. The Christmas Market was also well attended; along with sets of notecards with images from the calendar. Thank the festive spirit was audible with performances from the wonderful you to Caroline Hughes who has driven the sales and led the team that put this together. See page 15 for more. Salvation Army band and the fantastic Horsell Community Choir, who were in fine voice. Make a difference in the community I really enjoyed this year’s festivities and the community spirit it brought Launched following the 2012 Jubilation street party, The Second and hope you did too. Thank you to the organising committees and Thursday Club is looking for new members to assist with projects. volunteers who made a success of all three events. This energetic and enthusiastic group are responsible for initiatives including the Christmas Fair, Snow Angels, Horsell Community The Mound – is the end in sight? Choir, history trails, Horsell Calendar and regular activities including The end of the large and unsightly pile of top soil that is preventing Woodland working parties that look after Pares Woodland Gardens, access to most of Queen Elizabeth Gardens may be close. I footpath maintenance and the litter picks. I am sure you would agree that all these activities bring a vibrancy to life in Horsell. Read more understand that the works that provided the wonderful Pares House about making a difference on page 4. Scout & Guide HQ, refurbished Institute, extended Village Hall and improved car parking may be completed during 2016. News is that Village Forum - The Bedser Twins tenders are in, budgets confirmed and work should start before The attendees of 2015’s Village Forum enjoyed an evening recalling April. Keep everything crossed that the pile of topsoil will be properly the lives of cricketers Alec and Eric Bedser, by their close friend Ken distributed and that our village green will be returned to us soon. Schofield CBE. Broomhall Common now open Ken provided many stories linking his near 30 year role as Executive Director of Golf’s European Tour, to the Bedsers. He recalled one You may recall that a Second Thursday Club working party of particular trip to Australia where Sir Alec ask him to deliver a gift to residents tackled the holly impinging on footpath 19 alongside the legendary Sir Don Bradman. After retirement Bradman led an Broomhall Common. This footpath runs from Brewery Road near almost reclusive life and his reputation of not welcoming visitors led Pegasus and ends at the newly resurfaced and lit section emerging to some trepidation from Ken. Once direct contact was finally made, at Horsell Park. If you walk down the path now you will see that and Ken’s link to Sir Alec was established the visit was a success. Horsell Common Preservation Society have completed the good The respect and reputation of Sir Alec and Eric was clear in all the work started by residents and removed the undergrowth throughout memories shared. Broomhall Common. There is now an open view through the woods. This was an evening of emotion and tenderness where the incredible Do take time to explore it if you can; it promises to be a lovely route detail recounted by Ken brought depth to the lives of the remarkable Bedser Twins. for a stroll to Woking or even a site for a picnic when spring arrives. Enjoy! Robin Hoyle
The Resident – Winter 2015 Page 3 SECOND THURSDAY CLUB Make a Difference Angels poised for snow Have you enjoyed the Christmas Fair, spent time in Pares Woodland It may have been a mild Winter so far, but Horsell Gardens, and enjoyed walking down litter free footpaths which have Snow Angels, the volunteer task force set up by the been cleared of overgrown brambles or sung along to the Horsell Second Thursday Club, are ready and waiting for the Community Choir? The Horsell community action team The Second first snow or ice of the season. The organisers want to Thursday Club is looking for new members to assist with projects. make sure everyone knows the number to call, 01483 380025, should they need help. Here is what being a member of The Second Thursday Club means to one of our group: During times of icy and snowy weather, the Snow Angels can provide basic shopping, light snow clearance and dog walking for those who “...it is camaraderie, good company, feeling part of this neighbourhood, find it difficult or risky. The Snow Angels don’t use cars, as all of its using your skills and learning new ones, having a sense of purpose, over 100 volunteers are local to the village, so services are provided then there’s the icing on the cake on a litter pick, braced against possible on foot. We have over 60 of our volunteers who have been DBS rain and cold; instead, bright winter sunshine, exploring Horsell, chats checked, which means they can handle money for shopping, and along the way, not forgetting the laughs and appreciation of good will. these volunteers will be the first ones to be contacted. Not all of our You are not locked into STC. You offer what you can when you can. volunteers will be around on any given day, but we have a system to The sort of action group for people who like getting things done.” work out which volunteers are in Horsell each day when the service Feel motivated to meet the team and find out more? Join us in the runs. We have snow shovels, grit, gloves, and warm clothing, and we Garden Room (the summer house at the rear) of The Cricketers on are all connected by text messages and mobile phones so that we can Thursday 11th February from 8pm. We’d love to welcome you. easily respond to those who need our help. Contact [email protected] for further details. The organisers are keen that everyone knows about the service so that they can help lots of people this year. The service is intended not Robin Hoyle just for those who need help all through the year, but for anyone who needs temporary help just when it’s snowy or icy. Fridge magnets are Woodlanders working parties available to remind you of the number, in the Pharmacy, Primo’s Cafe and other local outlets. If you would like a bundle of fridge magnets for Like any living organism we have evolved. We are still spending your organisation, please contact me. some time in Pares Woodland Garden above the Scout & Guide HQ, Helen Cammack, Horsell Snow Angels, Tel: 01483 380025 cutting back brambles and spreading wood chips on the paths, but we have also started to maintain the many footpaths that make useful and pleasant short cuts in the village. It is quite a journey of discovery Re-Jubilating Horsell working on this network, clearing overgrown paths and finding that Horsell Rise connects with Chobham Road and Cheapside along these Since my article in the last Resident we now know that there is to narrow paths. We have planted a new hedge in the Vicarage garden be a giant street party to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday in 2016, and hope to do further work in the churchyard in Spring. celebrating her support of more than 600 organisations and charities. It will be in The Mall in London, on Sunday 12th June (not the 5th as I Our new major project for 2016 will begin in March. There is a wide guessed in my last article). ribbon of woodland and grassland between Brewery Road and Horsell Many of you have spoken to me about our idea of lunchtime street Moor and we will help to trim back brambles and branches which parties in your roads across the village, with the village coming together impede the footpaths. Please come and join us on Saturdays 12th and somewhere central at teatime for some dancing, singing and toasting 19th March from 9:30 until 12:30. of Her Majesty. Please let me know how you feel about this. We at We advertise all working parties for the Woodlanders and the Litter the Second Thursday Club are happy to coordinate all the individual Pick, 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of the month, on the village notice board. parties and help with advice and possibly bulk-buying. So if you and Everyone is welcome and we enjoy working and chatting together. For your neighbours want to volunteer, please get in touch. more contact [email protected] Tony Kremer Caroline Hughes Email: [email protected]
A Woodlanders working party. Photo: Colin Kemp. Page 4 The Resident – Winter 2015 COMING SOON
Heather Farm wetlands. Photo: Robin Hoyle. Heather Farm wetlands. Photo: Robin Hoyle.
Outside the Waters Edge Cafe. Photo: Paul Rimmer. Horsell Garden Safari Calling all garden lovers. Please open your garden in 2016. The dates for the Horsell Garden Safari are Saturday 18th (11-5pm) and Sunday 19th June (12-5pm). The planning is already under way and we are now looking for new gardens to open for us while hoping that all the wonderful gardeners who have taken part in the past, whether once or many times, will participate again. Garden owners can choose to open for one or both days and can also opt to offer refreshments or sell any spare plants. Gardens can be large or small, wildlife friendly, Inside the Waters Edge Cafe. Photo: Paul Rimmer. informal or formally designed, sunny or shady, colourful or subdued – it’s the variety that counts, along with a friendly face prepared to chat Heather Farm, Horsell Common away to visitors during the afternoon. The Horsell Common Preservation Society have been working very Through our marketing and word of mouth, we have an enthusiastic hard at the Heather Farm site, but the end is in sight. The new wetland following now for this event and some visitors are coming from quite a habitat and Waters Edge Cafe are due to open to the public on Saturday 9th January, with a more formal opening later in the Spring. distance to enjoy what Horsell has to offer – so we are looking forward to welcoming even more visitors in 2016. Thanks to the fantastic support Wells celebrations get under way of gardeners in 2015, we made £4,700. The Village Hall trustees have used this money to buy a permanent projector and retractable screen Here is your latest update on the long-running HRA project to have HG which can be used for quiz or film nights. The remainder of the funds Wells better recognised in Woking. will be put towards a Village Hall sign. The focus of the celebrations will be September 2016 when we mark the 150th anniversary of his birth and 70th of his death with a stunning The Safari weekend is always a special time, with villagers and other set of events centred on the Ambassadors theatre complex. Details visitors taking the opportunity to walk, chat with friends and family, are still under wraps. However events are already up and running, with enjoy the diversity of plants and garden layouts and relax with tea and schools right across Woking participating in writing workshops and cakes. Owners of gardens that have opened over the years tell us that the Big Draw competition. Ochre Print Studios are managing the fine they really enjoy themselves, sharing their gardening moments with, art poster competition which will see two posters put into production and hearing lovely compliments from, their visitors as they wander and an exhibition at The Lightbox of many more contenders. This was round the garden. Opening garden owners are also invited to come launched last September with judging taking place shortly. and share their Safari stories with the committee over a drink and BBQ The new village signs competition was announced in the last edition after the event. and it is hoped that Wells or the War of the Worlds themes will be chosen by the entrants so that we in Horsell can make a positive Please think about opening this year and becoming part of this impact visually in 2016. successful Horsell event. Without gardens that open, we cannot have Now we are on the point of launching the social media platforms and a garden Safari. So join the team and enjoy a ‘plantastic’ weekend with it would be great to get a couple more volunteers on board to help: a us all. photographer and a blogger, for example, to join Lorraine Ansell on the Please contact Gail Bromley on 01483 764521 / bromleysglad@ task – Lorraine herself volunteered after reading one of these articles talktalk.net or Penny Kramer 01483 761455 / [email protected] in The Resident. So how about you? Tony Kremer We look forward to hearing from you. Email: [email protected] Gail Bromley
The Resident – Winter 2015 Page 5 NEWS Planning and highways A320 road works Major, long-term roadworks on the A320 are due to start in 2016. Three large trunk mains pipes follow the A320 from Ottershaw towards Woking. They carry 25 million litres of water a day and were laid Photo: Geoff Banks. between 45 and 75 years ago, so they are reaching the end of their life. Affinity Water intend to replace one of the pipes during 2016 and carry Planning out work to extend the life of the other two during 2017. You might be interested in a planning application PLAN/2015/1220 to Works will start on the 25th of January 2016 at the southern end of erect a pair of attached dwellings in place of a bungalow at 86 Orchard Drive. From personal knowledge, there are all too few bungalows in Brox Road. Brox Road will be closed in sections whilst the works are Horsell, and so this is a move in the wrong direction. It would set an undertaken and it will be necessary to close Murray Road whilst pipe unwelcome precedent. It is vital that Horsell retains a good mix of connections are made across the road. Once this section is complete, housing stock, and that includes single-storey dwellings suited to older works will transfer to the main A320 from the Brox Road junction and and/or disabled residents’ use. will use temporary traffic signals. In reference to our last edition, it turns out that the reason the HRA has For traffic management purposes it is planned to close the Martyrs Lane not been invited to any meetings with Woking’s Planners is a simple junction with the A320 when the works reach the McLaren roundabout. one: there haven’t been any recently! Tony Kremer The completion of the above phases is planned for late Autumn 2016. For more details, see the Affinity Water website: https://affinitywater.co.uk/ A320.aspx or call Affinity Water on 0345 357 2406. In brief Parking Recycling updates In my view if you go shopping in Horsell, you have a right to park safely As a follow-up to the last edition of The Resident, Woking Borough in front of one of the shops and visit as many as you choose to. However, Council are happy to announce that no loads of recycling have been turned away by the processors. This is excellent news given the high not all shopkeepers see it that way and may assert their apparent right cost (and environmental impact) of diverting recycling to landfill. to restrict access to non-customers. Parking has become an expensive You may be aware that Surrey County Council have been running a exercise if you choose to ignore the signs outside Pet’s Corner: you consultation (now closed) on ways to save money at the Community could be issued with a £100 ‘ticket’! Recycling Centres. Whilst the consultation raises multiple options Martin Lewis of Moneysavingexpert.com advises that these supposed including the suggestion of closing some centres, we understand from fines are merely invoices, often unenforceable. His website contains a Woking Borough Council that the mostly likely outcome for the Martyr’s step-by-step guide to fighting unfair private parking tickets, including Lane centre is a reduction in opening hours following traffic monitoring to check how busy the site is. using the private parking appeals systems. Out of more than 65,000 people who appealed via one of these systems between October 2012 Staying Alive! and July 2015, 49% were successful. Would like to attend a free one hour training session in resuscitation Discussions are however under way to overcome problems getting and the use of the Automatic defibrillator we have behind the tills at the access to the space behind the Co-op for customer parking, perhaps Co-op? The timing has slipped a little to January so there is still time for somehow aligned with the space in front of the Evangelical Church. you to register your interest with Tony Kremer. With good will on all sides this might be possible. Email: [email protected]
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Page 6 The Resident – Winter 2015 Horsell Village School admissions The Village School Governors are consulting on changes to their CyberSafe admission arrangements for the 2017-2018 school year. If you have children, you might want to note that they want to add a new fifth Cybercrime Survey priority. The change will mean priority will be given to a child who had As you may have seen, CyberSafe Surrey launched their first resident a sibling previously at the school. The child needs to be still of primary cybercrime survey on the 17th November. So far there has been an school age and the family still living at the same address. amazing take-up, with over 6,000 responses already, making it one of If you wish to make any comments please write to admissions@ the largest surveys of its kind. horsell-village.surrey.sch.uk or send a letter to The Horsell Village School, Church Hill, Horsell, Woking, GU21 4QQ. It is of course crucial that as many people as possible are engaged in the survey, so Neighbourhood Watch wants to help publicise and Junior School artistry signpost residents accordingly. Congratulations to the pupils of Horsell Junior School who have won a The survey will be running until February 2016, and is open to all competition to design playground no-smoking signs. These signs will residents aged 18+ in the South East region, regardless of whether be used in the playgrounds of schools throughout Woking. they have been a victim of cybercrime or not.
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The Resident – Winter 2015 Page 7 CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
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This year the seasonal celebrations in Horsell Fair will be split equally between The Horsell lovely gifts of crafts, art and foods with mulled brought together the Christmas Tree Festival Village School and Horsell C of E Junior wine (run by The Cricketers who raised £750 in St Mary’s Church, the PTA Children’s School to purchase additional resources for for Woking and Sam Beare Hospices), burgers Christmas Fair at the Village School and the the Children who attend these schools.” Alison and cake to keep hunger away for the visitors. Residents’ Association Christmas Market in Bettany. Entertainment was provided by The Salvation the Village Hall car park. “The Christmas Tree Festival was a huge Army brass band and Horsell Community “The PTA Children’s Christmas Fair was well success, 55 trees, with well over 1300 people Choir who performed festive songs and carols attended despite the windy and chilly weather! through the door. The Community Choir amongst the decorated stalls. The whole event Our Class Reps did a fantastic job of rallying provided the perfect ending to the musical twinkled with lights and beautifully decorated the schools’ parents to organise and run fun activities we put on during the day. We have fir trees to bring a real festive feel. Thank stalls for the children to enjoy. A particular had many complimentary remarks made you to all the stall holders who persevered in highlight being Santa’s Grotto. We would about the home made cakes and reasonably blustery conditions. like to thank The Horsell Village School for priced drinks (especially the mulled wine!). We Thank you to the volunteers that gave up their letting us use their facilities for the day, Father raised £1705 before expenses.” Mike Couper. time and worked with the PTA, St Mary’s and Christmas for sparing time to be with us and also Balloon Modeller Tim Allen who donated This year the Residents’ Association Residents’ Association teams to provide a the money he raised during the fair to the PTA. Christmas Market gathered in the car park of memorable village event. All funds raised at the Children’s Christmas Horsell Village Hall. There were varied stalls Robin Hoyle
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Congratulations should also go to Niamh approximately three times a year; not a great High School Cook from the Sea Cadets, who won Best burden as long as we have enough volunteers! Speaker and to Samuel Webb from Woking In addition to these we have as many hands triumphs High School’s second Intermediate team, who on deck as possible to decorate the Church at won Best Chair. Our second Intermediate Easter, Harvest Festival and Christmas. Team were also placed second as runners up. You do not need to have any experience, just again It was also fun to see one of our own students, a love of flowers, as we can help you. The cost In November, Woking High school triumphed Tom Ivory-Bray, as Vote of Thanks for the of the flowers is paid for by the Church. You do yet again in the local heat of the Rotary Club opposition as part of the Woking Sea Cadets! Youth Speaks competition, winning both not need to be a Church member so please In the Senior round, Year 10 students Jake don’t feel that you can’t join us. the Intermediate and the Senior heats. This Webb, Christopher Pearce and Markus prestigious national competition gives young Steinbach competed against St John the If you are interested, please phone me and I people experience in speaking on a public Baptist and were placed first. Jake also will be only too pleased to tell you more. Also, platform and encourages them to formulate achieved Best Speaker for his measured and the St. Andrew’s Room adjacent to the church their ideas and to present them concisely, with thoughtful speech on animal hunting, and is open for coffee every Friday from 10am high standards of expression, presentation Markus Steinbach was awarded best Vote to Midday. Most Fridays, there will be flower and appearance. of Thanks. Congratulations also to Sian Saul arrangers in the Church where you can see Year Nine students Caitlin Davidson, Rithika from St John the Baptist, who won Best Chair. what we do and talk to them. Muralidharan and Alys Harrison were placed Both the Senior and the Intermediate winning June Lock first above students from St John the Baptist teams will now go forward to the next round Tel: 01483 476443 School and the Woking Sea Cadets in the of the competition, which ultimately takes Intermediate competition, with Alys also place at a national level. Our sincere thanks winning the prize for Best Vote of Thanks. go to the Rotary Club of Woking District for Choir generosity organising such a rewarding and inspiring I received a great surprise when Penny event; we’re thrilled to have achieved success Kramer visited me on behalf of the Horsell in the early stages of this prestigious and Community Choir, and presented me with a challenging competition. cheque for £100 as a donation towards the Dr. Emma C Williams costs of putting on our annual Christmas Meal Coordinator of Potential High at Moorcroft Day Centre. Achievers, Woking High School This event caters for some 60 guests who otherwise would be on their own on Christmas Day, which obviously takes a considerable St. Mary’s Church amount of time and cost in organising, but is always worth it. We are joined by the Mayor looking for and Mayoress, provide a full turkey with trimmings meal, entertainment and transport flower arrangers where required. Therefore we have to have Would you enjoy arranging flowers? a number of fund raising events to raise the At St. Mary’s Church we have a team of ladies necessary funds to pay for it, and each contri- who arrange flowers. We arrange two pedestals bution is gratefully received. We would like to The winning Senior team of Christopher Pearce, state our sincere thanks for this donation. Sam Webb and Markus Steinbach, pictured with every week of the year, except during Lent. Rob Ready, President of the Woking District We work in pairs on two consecutive weeks, Roger N Chamberlain Rotary Club. Photo: Woking High School. meaning that each pair does the arrangements Fund raising chairman, Woking Lions Club. DOMESTIC APPLIANCES SALES | SERVICE | REPAIRS | FAST DELIVERY Visit our large showroom in Knaphill with competitive online prices Call 01483 475000 www.rsmdomesticappliances.com
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for being the home of Margaret of The Late Medieval ring Tempo Tots Beaufort, the determined mother set with polished amethyst. Photo: The Lightbox. For young children music is extremely valuable in enhancing personal, of King Henry VII. Prior to 1400, social and educational development. It’s important, therefore, for the Manor of Woking (the site that parents to encourage their child’s interest in music. Encouraging them would become Woking Palace) to interact and become involved with the act of making music is a was owned by the Earls of Kent valuable step in your child’s development. By involving them in music until Thomas, the 3rd Earl of Kent, you are helping to expand their positive problem-solving skills and was executed for treason and the develop their memory skills. And by giving them a way of expressing Manor of Woking reverted to the themselves, you will be encouraging their creativity and improving their self-confidence and self-esteem. Crown. Could the ring have fallen from the finger of a Royal courtier or member of one of the most important families in England? So why not pop along to our new Tempo Tots sessions in Horsell? We offer live music making as a developmental tool for little ones. Each The ring will be prominently displayed in pride of place at the front class includes a variety of musical and physical activities to meet the doors for all to see, before being moved to a more permanent position needs of the particular group, incorporating a weekly theme with stories, in Woking’s Story, The Lightbox’s free museum. bubbles, puppets, singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. Sessions run on a Tuesday in Horsell Village Hall and on a Wednesday John Constable: Observing the Weather in Horsell Village Children’s Centre. The sessions on Wednesday 20th This upcoming exhibition provides an in-depth examination of January are free, but please contact the Children’s Centre to book your Constable’s fascination with weather and its ability to change a place as spaces are limited. landscape – both in mood and physical appearance. The show focuses Book now for a free taster session by emailing [email protected] on Constable’s unique ability to combine scientific observation with Tel: 07956 447118 artistic skill in recording changes in weather phenomena. On display www.tempo-tots.com are a variety of techniques he used to achieve this. The works range in medium from pen and ink studies, to watercolour and oil sketches meant for his own personal use, to finished pieces meant for display. By bringing together loans from both UK national and regional public collections, the exhibition shows how Constable captured the way weather can define and change a landscape. Runs Saturday 13th Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, from the Meadows, Musical fun. Photo: Jude Jarvis. February 2016 to John Constable, 1831. Photo: Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London Corporation. At The Lightbox Sunday 8th May 2016. Return of the ring A Late Medieval ring that was discovered in Woking in 2015 is now on display at The Lightbox. The ring was acquired by The Lightbox after a fund-raising campaign in May that generated the £1750 required. Believed to be from the late 14th Century, probably from between 1350–1400, the ring is a valuable addition to The Lightbox’s Heritage Collection, which focuses on pieces from Woking’s past. Woking was once a popular Royal hunting ground and Woking Palace is well known
The Resident – Winter 2015 Page 11 HELPING THE COMMUNITY
The Surrey Half Marathon is the biggest closed-road half marathon in Bowling for charity Surrey. The run boasts a flat, scenic route with water stations, bands and with your help, fantastic local support. The event supports a number The captains of Horsell Bowling Club presented a cheque for £1,630 of charities and works with businesses in the community. Woking and on behalf of their members to Woking and Sam Beare Hospices Sam Beare Hospices is the event’s lead local charity partner, so do on Thursday 29th October. The Hospices were designated as the get involved and help raise funds. Using your Surrey Half run to gain Captain’s Charity for 2015 in remembrance of some of our members sponsorship will help the hospices to continue to serve the community. helped by the Hospices in their last days. Their families were grateful for the care given to their loved ones and also themselves. The half marathon event is accompanied by a Kids’ Sport Challenge which will involve children aged six-16 who will be taking to the roads The money was collected in various ways, including a Games Night to complete a two kilometre route before their big finish under the main on our Tour to East Sussex and Kent, shared with Woking Park Bowls race gantry. Club. This consisted of Bingo, a Beetle Drive and the Horse Racing Game, which was great fun and very profitable. Several members The Surrey Half Marathon 2016 will be a great event for runners, donated their winnings to the Charity and the profits from the evening spectators, volunteers, local businesses and spectators alike. Do were divided between the Charities of the two clubs. join us. The Captain’s Charity Bowls Drive was attended by most of the club’s Toby Jenkins 80+ members who gave generously to the fund. Loose change was Web: www.surreyhalfmarathon.co.uk collected after each match from members and visiting teams, donations Email: [email protected] were given by members and proceeds from the sale of donated bowls Tel: 01483 720 459 equipment. I am very grateful to everyone who gave so generously and enabled UK number one in the club to give such a large donation to help the invaluable work of our local Hospices. palliative care Tricia Nigh Club Captain, Horsell Bowling Club. In October the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published its 2015 Quality of Death Index – a measure of the quality of palliative care provided in 80 countries across the globe. The UK was ranked first in the index, due to its comprehensive national policies, strong hospice movement, the extensive integration of palliative care into the NHS and deep community engagement on the issue. We are pleased the index reflects the high quality provision of palliative care in the UK and that its strong hospice movement is recognised as a key factor in this. We are pleased to have played our part. However, the index also highlights there is still room for improvement. We are working incredibly hard with Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals to reduce the high numbers of people dying in hospital, who would be much better supported in other settings, including in our Hospices or in their own homes, supported by our specialist doctors, nurses and therapists. Not only would this provide more choice for dying people about where they spend their final days, it would also free up many hospital beds.
Ladies Captain Jan Gillies, Club Captain Tricia Nigh and Men’s Captain Geoff Linked to this work, we have started work on building a new Hospice Plowman presenting the cheque to Hospice Physiotherapist Tracey Whyte. in Goldsworth Park, Woking, which we firmly believe will help us to Photo: Mike Nigh. transform palliative and end of life care in North West Surrey. As a charity, all this great work and patient care can’t be done without the support of the local community; at present our Hospices only receive Fancy a run? about 20% of funding from the NHS. We hope the success of the UK in Entry is now open for the third Surrey Half Marathon running event. this index demonstrates to everyone just how important every donation Runners are encouraged to sign up early and secure their place on the is and how important it is to keep fund-raising and supporting our work. start line of this great local event. The Surrey Half is a friendly event Nigel Harding with a relaxed feel which caters to all abilities. CEO Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
Page 12 The Resident – Winter 2015 Postnatal depression support group: for mothers experiencing postnatal Local support for depression. Includes a free crèche service. To find out more about our groups and services email info@corner- emotional wellbeing housewoking.org.uk, log onto www.cornerhousewoking.org.uk or call Feeling sad, isolated, anxious or lonely? Don’t know where to turn or 01483 757461. how to move forward? CornerHouse Woking is a local mental health charity offering a wide range of support for residents to promote emotional wellbeing. Horsell Care Our depression support workers can provide advice, information and Horsell Care has helped hundreds of residents and carried out over one-to-one wellbeing support and signpost you to one of our groups 14,000 jobs since it was founded in 1999. We help local people who and services. Our groups are confidential and non-judgemental, free need help, by transporting them to GP surgeries, hospital appoint- to access and do not require a GP referral. They run from our resource ments or the shops. In most cases our clients don’t have relatives or centre on 2 Courtenay Road and Parkview Community Centre, friends living close by, so they rely on our volunteers to provide them including:- with transport and a helping hand from time to time. In addition to these core activities, we organise occasional coffee mornings and lunches for Self Help Groups: for people suffering from mild to moderate depression. A safe and welcoming place where you can be listened to our clients and volunteers. and respected by people who have experienced similar issues. We run We are URGENTLY looking for a few more people to act as duty daytime and evening groups for adults and a special group for young volunteers, manning the telephone helpline at home for a few hours people aged 18 – 25. each month. We also need more drivers to take our clients to medical Wellbeing Groups: the opportunity to take part in a wide range of appointments or on shopping trips. Please make this urgent appeal activities and crafts, look at ways of looking after yourself, build known among as many of your friends and neighbours as possible. confidence, relax and connect with others. Without volunteers we will struggle to provide the necessary level of help to our friends and neighbours. Walking for Health: weekly walks in Runnymede and Woking which are nationally accredited through The Ramblers. There are two levels: 30 If you think you might be able to give a few hours a month of your and 90 minutes. time, please call our helpline (01483 730740) and leave a message - Mindfulness: techniques to manage negative thoughts and feelings somebody will call you back within a few days. Alternatively, call me for to help reduce anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness can help you further information. disengage from worrying thoughts and help to increase awareness and Chris Dines understanding of negative thinking patterns. Tel: 01483 772231
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The Resident – Winter 2015 Page 13 HISTORY Rose Cottage Laundry The closure of White Knight Laundry in 2015 brings to the end a long-standing tradition of laundrettes on Horsell Moor. Originally laundries were run by ladies, mostly widows, taking washing into their homes from their neighbours. At the turn of the 19th Century firms began appearing in dedicated buildings, taking advantage of the rise of mechanical equipment to help. By the time of the First World War there were ten laundries in the area of the present borough, of which the Maybury Laundry, in Maybury Road (readers may recall its chimney when part of the Parozone works) was the largest. Rose Cottage on Horsell Moor was the pioneering laundry for the Horsell area. It was not alone on Horsell Moor however: just across the road to Step Bridge, James and Minnie Taylor established their laundry at Shrub Cottage in 1907 and this ran until at least 1920 – and there were two other home laundries in the cottages towards Step Bridge. Emily Davis started her laundry work near the Wheatsheaf by 1891, either recently widowed or deserted by her husband. By 1895 she had moved to Rose Cottage, on the site of White Knight Laundry, where she ran the laundry until 1911. It then passed into the ownership of How it looked in the 1950s. Photo: The Lightbox. Misses Lucy and Annie Weatherill, who lived at Hillside, Church Hill, and while the laundry managers lived in the cottage, Mrs Davis moved next door. By 1912 there was a large purpose-built laundry on the site, and in 1916 J. A. Mitchell, the new proprietor, advertises The Rose Cottage Hand Laundry with ‘buildings… constructed on lines particu- larly adapted for private family work. The greatest care is taken of the plainest or the finest linen’. By 1918 Rose Cottage Laundry is in new hands again - J. and E. Cook, later better known as Ashley Cook’s. Edgar Ashley Cook had come to Woking from London in 1916 on the advice of his doctor and, more as a hobby than as a business speculation, he bought the Rose Cottage
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The laundry, date unknown. Photo: The Lightbox. The Funeral Service that caters for everyone’s needs Laundry with its staff of five. With it came a laundry in Woodham, and Ashley Cook set up other shops for collection and delivery – eventually the laundry had a dozen branches in the area. As business grew, modern machinery was purchased, including the first British-made shirt pressing machine in the country, installed in 1938 at as cost of £3500, it could press and pack a shirt in three minutes, and by 1958 the laundry was handling 3500 shirts a week. Ashley Cook became a member of Woking Urban District Council (and in 1943 Chairman) serving on many committees, as well as President of Woking Chamber A choice of the latest Jaguar or Mercedes Funeral Vehicles of Trade, and Chairman of Woking YMCA, earning an OBE for his work Home visit arrangements in civil defence and with the National Fire Service. He died in 1953, by Pre-paid funeral plans which time there were 170 staff, and his widow took over the business Quality Service 24 hrs day before selling it to Herbert Tomlins Ltd. Memorials Herbert Tomlins Ltd was founded in 1904 and known as White Knight The Greenwood Family are directly involved in the running of the Laundry Services. Its most recent logo based on pieces of White Company, ensuring that your wishes are carried out with the Knight’s linen, folded origami-style, to create a knight’s helmet. The utmost dignity and attention to detail. firm held a royal warrant from 1993 and proudly displayed the royal Mimbridge Garden Estate, coat of arms above its main entrance. However, after over a century of service to the people of Horsell, the laundry has passed its work to Station Road, Chobham, GU24 8AR 01276 858 363 Eastbourne and Reading, and plans have been submitted for develop- ment by Pegasus Retirement Apartments. 66 Send Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7EU 01483 210 222 Rosemary & Richard Christophers Woking History Society Guildford Road, Bagshot, GU19 5JH 01276 473 707 Sources: Directories at Surrey History Centre, Ancestry.co.uk, Illustrations courtesy of The Lightbox.
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CALENDAR & NOTECARDS
Last chance to buy! Cameras at the ready The 2016 Horsell Calendar will be on sale until We are looking for pictures for a 2017 mid February. Beautiful images plus ”What’s calendar. Local buildings, local views, going on in Horsell” diary dates for 2016, local events in different lights and information about local traders and activities, a seasons. We would also be interested directory of telephone numbers and web sites in anything with an HG Wells theme, all in one handy calendar hanging on the wall. not necessarily limited to Horsell. Do you want to know the dates of the Garden Photo: Marc McGiven Safari? It’s already marked on the calendar along with the Village Show, the Grand May Fayre, pub beer festivals and much more. It makes a great gift too! Three charities benefit from the proceeds of sales. Already, we can donate £1000 each to: the Woking and Sam Beare Hospices, St. Mary’s Church and the Village Hall. We will give the final figures in the next edition of The Resident. You can buy calendars from Costcutters, Café Primo, The Horsell Framing Company and Squires. A big thank you to all these shops, the Horsell Village Cards pubs and Prince & Sons for selling calendars as well as the Hospice shops and St. Mary’s Church. Thank you to Seymours for their support and display of the calendar. Thank you Scenes from the for supporting the three charities by buying the calendar and we hope you enjoy using it. 2016 Horsell notecards Horsell Calendar Five favourite images from the Horsell calendar have been chosen to make a pack of five blank notecards with envelopes. Each £3 a pack of 5 pack costs £3. The profits will help to raise money for the Horsell Residents’ Association and its work for local people. On sale at The Horsell Framing Company and at Poppies and Peonies, 102 High Street, Horsell. Please send high resolution jpeg images by mid April to:- [email protected] Caroline Hughes
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The Resident – Winter 2015 Page 15 A selection of some of the properties we’ve sold in 2015
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