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Surrey Society Arts and CraftsGems in the SurreyHills F"\ Hereat the SurreyHills Society, not warand he usedthe school as his behind onlydo we celebrateand champion thelines planning headquarlers for the Seeyour quality photographs ourbeautiful landscape but also all the D-Daylandings. Many thanks to Nigel usedin our trailer and promotional historygeology Taylor his wonderful andculture and staff. material - enter the that hasdeveloped within these leafy A realtreat awaited us at BelmontSchool competition on page 4. hills.The Arts and Crafts movement had in December.This Prep School was the a realstrong hold here and during the formerhome of EdwinWaterhouse, co- autumnwe hadthe opportunityto visit We areextremely grateful to the founderof PriceWaterhouse, now the two interestingArts and Crafts buildings Headmistress,Mrs Helen Skrine and her largestprofessional services company in with alltheir associated famous visitors husband,John for givingthe Society the world.Another Arts and Crafts gem and residents.The first was the visit anotherdelightful day out in HolmburySt hiddenaway in the SurreyHills, it was to the Grade2* ListedAmesbury Prep Mary with a briskwalk to enjoythe views designedby the famousArts and Crafts School,the only school Edwin Lutyens at LeithHill, followed by warming mince architectGeorge Edward Street and still designed,in Hindhead,near the Devils piesand mulled wine back at theschool, containsa lot of the or ginalfeatures Punchbowl. includingsome delightful William Morris And finally,a littlebit of literaryhistory TheHeadmaster, Nigel Taylor gave us a tapestriesand tiles. Waterhouse himself Holmbury5t Maryis believed to be the fascinatingtalk about the historyof the appearsto be a realcharacter, choosing basisfor thefictional village of Summer schooland one of itsfamous visitors, to walkthe 6 or so milesto Dorkingto Streetin "A Roomwith a View". lts a FieldMarshall in WW 2, 1stViscount catchthe trainto Londoneach day but authorEM Forster was a longstanding Montgomeryof Alamein.Monty's son havinghis servants bring the carriage residentin neighbouringAbinger wasa borderat theschool durinq the behindhim in casehe gottiredl Hammer. Amesburyschool Belmontschool Walkingin HalmburySt Mary OLrrthanks to Ring'l:ayfor providinggraphic design anci print!ng of our newsletters.Thanks for itemsand phoiossubmitied by Ker;Bare, Chris Ho\zard,Dian: Cooper,AONB offiee, Alan Oakley,Jo Tcilow,Peter Denyer, Anci:'ew Norris and our membersurho ha're submiiteci articles ,D www.su rreyh i Ilssociety. org C FIINGWA!' RegisteredCharity number 1125532 Herewe are, of the SurreyHills AONB Board) and sort our editor,Diane Cooper, for the past threeyears allthe admin,ably supported by our two years,which hassaved the Society on fromthe co-ordinatorJune Robinson. I cannot a significantamount of moneyand creationof this mentioneveryone here by namebut volunteertime. Thank you Ringwayfor a Societyand look thankyou allso muchfor allyou do. fantasticjob. wherewe have in discussionwith the gottol Well Thissuccess would not havebeen We arecurrently possible visionand energies SurreyHills AONB Board about some firstly,we are withoutthe projects stillhere!Many of ourformer Chairman, Neil Maltby, conservation and we aredoing work with the Wood companiesand who stooddown in Octoberat our AGM. someexciting grateful FuelsGroup in promotingsustainable charitiesdon't We areall very for the time and put products, you will know makeit through effortthat he has into this Society wood which as patience of his Surreyhas in abundance.lf you have thosefirst critical andto the andsupport you will the yearsand yet we wife Janeand their two lovelydaughters- ideaswhich think benefit do get in havemanaged allof whom aremembers and volunteers. SurreyHills and the Society with me I look to jumpthat We aredelighted that Neilhas agreed to touchto discussthem and forward you one of our firsthurdle. We standas our first Presidentof the Society to seeing all at in 2012.lt promises nownave a and we lookforward to President'sDay manyevents to be laterin the yearwhere Neil has organised an excitingyear and we certainlyhave a fantasticband of volunteersand havea an excitingtrip to EpsomDowns Race packedprogramme of events. full andtooical calendar of eventsfor our Coursefor a realinsiders look at oneof Pleasecontinue to members,thanks to MarkRichards and Surrey'stop sports. supportus. all hisvolunteers. Due to anothergroup of dedicatedvolunteers led by KenBare, I would liketo thankall our members we now havea good presenceacross who havevolunteered at manyof our the Countyat allthe summerevents activitiesand also for supportingall and festivalsand are now a recognised our events.We couldnot havedone featureof manyof the localshows. it withoutyou. I alsodon't havethe spaceto thankall the affiliatedbusiness All thisgood work would not be possible memberswho havehelped us with withouta strongpair of handsback at generousdonations and support but I the officemanaging everything and this mustthank Ringway. who havebeen hasbeen expertly handled by Richard the SurreyCounty Council Highways Pittsand his loyalband of volunteers contractorsup until recently.They have who comeevery week to our officeat verykindly provided graphic design and WarrenFarm Barns (by kind permission orintof thisnewsletter in liaisonwith SocietyClothing now availableto order Nowthat a localcharity - TheGrange Toorde[ pleasesend details of your at Bookham(www. grangecentre.org. requirementsplus a chequefor the uk)- isthe supplierof our embroidered totalamount (payable to SurreyHills fleecesand poloshirts, we no longer Society)to Clothing,Surrey Hills havea minimumorder level which we Society,Warren Farm Barns, Headley needto meet. Therefore,we cantake Lane,Mickleham, Dorking RH5 6DG yourorders at anytime. Size xss M XL )0(L 3XL 4XL Size X5 5 M t XL XXL 3XL 4XL Ladiessize 8 10 12 14 to 18 20 22 chest(to fit) 3U36 35/38 38/40 40t42 42t44 44t46 46t48 48/50 Chest(to fit) 30t32 32134 34t36 36/38 38/40 40t42 42tM Ml46 Size XS S M t XL XXL '18 Size XS S M L XL )0(L 3XL 4XL 5XL 6Xt Ladiessize 8 10 12 14 16 Chest(tofi$ 34136 35/38 38/40 40t42 42lM Mt46 46t48 48/50 50t52 52t54 chest(tofio 30132 32134 34t36 36/38 38/40 40t42 Beforeordering, please check the sizetables carefully since these items are being purchased to order. @ :!ii r,-*',' i'i i i ii "i9 RegisferedChority number 1125532 Updatefrom the SurreyHills AONB office SurreyHills Wight, KentDowns, New Forest.North Wessex Festival Overheadcables af.: Downs,South Downs and the SurreyHills. To Wottonthat aresoon . promotethe projecta new website TheOlympic road cycling to be undergroundi www.our-land.co.uk hasbeen created racethrough Surrey on to oromotesustainable tourism businesses. theweekend of 28 and Visitorscan use the newwebsite to find and 29)uly is probably the one booktheir next holiday; browsing specific Olympicevent that the regionsand accommodation preferences or by publiccan genuinely watch viewingsuggested itineraries themed around livewithout the need seasonsand activities, as well as reading about for exoensivetickets or a the sights,sounds and smells that makethe televisionscreen. differentlandscapes so distinct.The project BoxHill is one of the places waslaunched in the SurreyHills by Countryfile on the routeexpected to Undergroundingof presenterKate Humble and JeremyHunt, drawhuge crowds and ElectricitySupplies Secretaryof Statefor Culture,Media and theSurrey Hills AONB in Sport.Jeremy comments; partnershipwith Denbies Thanksto the effortsof DaveSymonds, "l am a big fan of the Surrey Hills, they are WineEstate is organising LandscapeOfficer for SurreyCounty Council, absolutelybreathtaking and we need to be a festivalof Surreywine, fundingwas agreed for a further3 sites,all encouragingdomestic tourism. I hope people beerand food. lt olans on the Wotton Estate.The schemes at Leith will rememberme for my interestin domestic to showcasethe bestof Hilland PainshillFarm. Hascombe should be tourism as it is much the most sustainableform ourlocal produce and undertakenin 2012.This represents another of tourism in termsof carbon emissionsand entertainmentso that f250,000investment in the SurreyHills with it helpsto sustainthe countryside.It creates visitorscan carry on moreschemes being planned with landowners jobs and prosperityand canbe life enjoyingthemselves once andfarmers. an absolute blood for the community.We are incredibly the peletonhas completed - lucky with our countryside. lt defines us and I itsnine circuits of Box Our Land Regional am thrilled to give my support to thisproject." Hillvia the TigZag and SustainableTourism continuedthe race.There Decluttering willbe Denbies wine and a Project. varietyof Surreybeers, hog TheSurrey Hills Highway Working Group is roasts.strawberry teas and developinga prolectabout new thinking muchmore. on ruraltraffic management and enhancing countrylanes and villages. A pilotproject has Entryfor thiscommunity beendrawn up for ShamleyGreen which has eventwill befree. The beenagreed by thevillage association and the Festivalstarts at 1lam on parishcouncil. In the meantime.discussions Saturday28 Julyand continuewith SurreyHighways and the new theDenbies train will be contractoLMay Gurney, about a scheduleof on handto ferryvisitors ratesfor the SurreyHills Design Guide and backand forth. Roads arrangementsfor commissioningworks for will beclosed to carsbut traditionalSurrey Hills finger posts and village thevineyard is within easy signs. walkingdistance of Box Launchof theOur Land Project in theSurrey Hills