Hambledon Parish Magazine
St Peter’s Church
& Village News
January
2019
60p
www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 1
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 2 PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, HAMBLEDON
Rector The Rev Simon Taylor 01483 421267 [email protected]
Associate Vicar Position advertised
Assistant Vicar The Rev David Jenkins 01483 416084 6 Quartermile Road Godalming, GU7 1TG
Curate The Rev David Preece 01483 421267 [email protected]
Churchwarden Mrs Elizabeth Cooke 01483 208637 Marepond Farm, Markwick Lane Loxhill, Godalming, GU8 4BD
Churchwarden Alan Harvey 01483 423264 35 Maplehatch Close Godalming, GU7 1TQ
Assistant Churchwarden David Chadwick, Little Beeches 01252 702268 14 Springhill, Elstead Godalming, GU8 6EL
Pastoral Assistant Mrs Jacqui Rook 01428 684390 1 Hambledon Park Hambledon, GU8 4ER
Church Treasurer & Gift Aid Andrew Dunn 01428 482113 The Cottage, Lane End Hambledon, GU8 4HD
Sunday Services
Full details of these and any other services are set out in the Church Calendar for the month, which is shown on page 5
The Church has a number of Home Groups which meet regularly during the week at various locations. Details from Hambledon and Busbridge Church Office Tel: 01483 421267
Alpha details and information from: Hambledon and Busbridge Church Office Tel: 01483 421267
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Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 3 Dr Chris’s Call – January
Call to prayer in 2019 Dear Friends, Blessings to one and all during this New Year and an encouragement to keep on praying and perhaps with even more vigour during 2019! The bible is teaming with examples of prayer for every season of the soul and for many and varied circumstances of poverty, need or sickness. Jesus spent much time in prayer, often in the early morning and in wild and remote places. There are also prayers in scripture made by prophets, priests and kings, saintly figures and sinners; so we have many examples and can rest assured that the Lord hears and answers prayers. Read on after the Lord’s Prayer, in Luke, the physician’s account, Luke 11.5-13, for reassurance of God’s wonderful love and gracious assurance over hearing and responding to our prayers. Prayer is communicating with the Lord who loves us and who has the capacity to exert His Sovereign power and influence through our prayers. So prayer is a partnership and if we will let Him dwell in us, as mentioned in John 14.20 and John 15.7 the Father God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit will be praying with us from the inside! I love the verse in Romans 8.26 which refers to the Holy Spirit praying through us with ‘inarticulate groans’. So often I do not know what to pray and simply allow the Spirit to groan through me. The energizing power within this prayer partnership is Resurrection Power flowing from the Cross of Christ and His infinite love for each one of us and for the whole created order. This power is loaded with saving and healing grace ready to use at all times and on all occasions. So let’s us e it! Revelation 8.1-5 gives us a peep into the engine room of heavenly prayer activity with the prayers of the saints being mixed with incense in a golden censer and placed on the golden altar before God’s throne. The fire from the altar is then put into the censer and thrown to earth with atomic power! Let us use this mighty power for our nation, for all nations, for each one in need in our sphere of activity and also for those within our church fellowship. So a trumpet call to prayer this year with power and might! James 5.13-20 gives us a prayer prescription pragmatic and practical in its application. Any in trouble pray; anyone happy sing and praise; anyone sick call the elders of the church to pray and anoint. So the church has a medical responsibility in using prayer power and I would encourage us all to use it and flex our prayer muscles to help our NHS. Comforting, nurturing relationships at the pastoral level translates into reduction of anxiety, loneliness and depression. Add to that the power of prayer and a high expectation for the dispensation of the Lord’s saving and healing grace puts us in a very strong position to take our responsibility within the wider work of healing needed in our land. Pray for the doctors, nurses and technicians too! Make prayer as natural an activity as breathing itself and see the Lord’s Kingdom come in people and situations around, as well as being blessed and changed from the inside out.
My prayers and blessings in abundance to you all.
Dr Chris
Dr Chris Jagger, Hambledon and Busbridge Prayer Supporter
PS: and there will be a new Alpha course starting on 9 January in Busbridge Old Rectory.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 4
CHURCH CALENDAR January 2019
Thursday 3rd January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ______
6th January 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 1st Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Morning Worship ______
Thursday 10th January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ______
13th January 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 2nd Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Holy Communion (CW) Vision /Resolution Sunday ______
Thursday 17th January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ______
Saturday 19th January 8.30am to 10 am Prayer Breakfast A time to meet together for prayer. All are welcome. ______
20th January No morning services in Hambledon & Busbridge 3rd Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Churches Together Service, Godalming United Church All warmly invited. Activities for children are provided. ______
Thursday 24th January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ______
27th January 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 4th Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Morning Worship &Children’s Group ______
Thursday 31st January 9-9.30am Morning Prayer ______And in February 3rd February 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 5th Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am All Age Worship ______
Services at St. John’s, Busbridge in January 8.00 am Holy Communion (said) (1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays only) 10.00 am Classic Service in Church: Contemporary service in School: 1st Sunday: Morning Worship 1st Sunday Mark Puddephat & All Age Team (Fuse). 2nd Sunday: Morning Worship 2nd Sunday: Morning Worship 4th Sunday: Holy Communion 4th Sunday: Morning Worship
– Groups for children of all ages in various locations: turn up and ask! 3rd Sunday: Churches Together Service, NO SERVICES in Busbridge or Hambledon 10.30 am Godalming United Church, All warmly invited, Activities for children provided. 6.30 pm Benefice Evening Worship: 1st Sunday: Holy Communion; 2nd & 4th Sundays: Evening Worship; 3rd Sunday: Unplugged
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 5 Hambledon New Clerk; new budget
The final meeting of the calendar year took place on 11 December and focused on the process for replacing the Clerk to the Parish Parish Council Council and laying the groundwork for the budget for 2019/20.
ollowing advice from the Surrey and Sussex village maintenance and the election. The new Association of Local Councils (SSALC), the precept was thought to be reasonable, considering the F Parish Council noted that the role of Clerk and matters discussed and in the context of the small rises Responsible Finance Officer is a statutory one with in living costs that have occurred over the last five increasing responsibilities and administrative duties years. and that, as such, the appointee has to be properly Councillor Sinnott reported the figures raised in resourced and recompensed. the summer by the Village Festival and outlined the The Parish Council decided to appoint Mrs Julie grants given to the local organisations in the village. Flenley, who lives locally and was the second-placed Councillors thanked him and the committees for all applicant from the previous recruitment process, as the their hard work and their contributions to the new Clerk. In addition, because of the budget and the community. They also expressed a strong will to up-coming local council elections, SSALC had also continue the Parish Council’s support for the Fete and advised the Parish Council to appoint a Locum to act associated events in the future. as assistant Clerk to cover the transition period. Mrs Councillors then discussed planning matters and Joanna Cadman, the recommended Locum, is an the latest application to vary plans in relation to the experienced Clerk who looks after the business of farm buildings at Hambledon House. Hawksmoor both Compton and Albury Parish Councils. Some of Homes have moved ahead with the construction and you may have seen Joanna in the Surrey Advertiser some concerns have been expressed about a planning recently as she walked 100 miles from Sandwich to system which has enabled the owner and now the Newhaven in five days, raising money for the Royal developer to submit a number of amendments over British Legion. Joanna will work with Julie on key time. Originally the Parish Council had supported the pieces of business that will include finalising the application for two and three bedroom semi-detached budget and preparing for the Parish Council elections and detached properties; but these have now become in May. Both appointments were formally agreed, as three and four bedroom semi-detached and detached was the related spend in the 2018/19 budget to pay the properties. The Parish Council agreed to object to this locum fees. application because it had originally supported the Councillors moved on to discuss the first draft of smaller units which were now being increased the budget and its key components, bearing in mind incrementally. pressures from Waverley Borough Council and the Having spent valuable time on the budget and costs of a Parish Council election in 2019. The resource processes, the meeting received positive Clerk’s salary and on-costs were agreed for the reports from all village organisations. Councillors coming year, as were annual subscriptions. The costs were looking forward to the tea party at the Village of village maintenance were discussed in detail, as Hall on 15 December to thank people for their support they are the Parish Council’s largest outgoing and for the Hall and to the carols at the Village Shop on suffer from the largest cuts that are being made to Christmas Eve. Surrey County Council’s budget. It was agreed to The Chairman closed the meeting by offering raise the maintenance budget in anticipation of little, if sincere thanks to Caroline White for her year in post any, grant from Surrey towards maintenance in as Clerk. All Councillors wished Caroline well with 2019/20. her freelance business endeavours and Caroline in turn It was agreed that the precept would need to be thanked Councillors for their support and tireless work put up to meet the increasing costs of administration, for the Parish.
The Leonard Cheshire Home at Hydon Hill held its Christmas Fair on 29 November. The inmates are also celebrating the season in style with some wonderful decorations.
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Nothing has come to hand for Parish & People this month, but that doesn’t mean that things don’t go on happening. So here’s a round-up of some of material that’s come the way of the magazine and which may be of use or of interest – or both. We start with winter weather.
he meteorological winter starts in December so, reverse charge and 999 calls are free but you will need although at the time of going to press it hadn’t a bank card for all other calls. T set in in earnest, it’s worth noting that the Keep torches handy and make sure you have a Hambledon Village website has a section containing supply of batteries. A battery-operated radio will also advice and emergency contacts, up-dated for the 2018- come in useful for listening to local bulletins: tune in 19 season. It can be found on the right hand side of to BBC Surrey on 104.6FM or Eagle Radio on the opening page of the website, headed Winter 96.4FM or on DAB and Internet if available. The Weather Advice and Emergency Numbers . village website will also carry up-dates. Although the Parish Council has an emergency During cold spells and weather-related plan in place, there are many simple precautions that disruptions, please keep an eye on your neighbours, people can take to help them cope with cuts to power particularly those living alone or who are infirm. supplies and telephone lines – problems that have If conditions are severe the Parish Council affected Hambledon in the past and which are usually emergency plan volunteers will do their best to assist caused by high winds or heavy snow. with individual issues as well as with general If power fails, so do the many household phones problems around the village such as fallen branches, that cannot function without electricity. So make sure snow blocking roads/paths/drives and maintaining you have a stand-by phone that does not need a power contact with external agencies. The volunteers are supply. The Parish Council has a small supply: if you Stewart Payne (07831 393561) and Mike Parry (07765 require one, please leave your details at the Village 242740), assisted by Arthur Frearson (01428 683812 Shop. or 01252 722973), Tim Coleman (07838 763767) and Mobile phone lines can also fail during severe Nick Watson (07770 553686). Contact details for weather so it is worth remembering that the public public bodies including utility and travel companies, phone box at the Shop will continue to work unless local councils and hospitals can be found in the Useful the overhead lines have been brought down. Operator, Information section of the magazine.
Dog owners to clean up after their pets or risk a fine
t its meeting on 11 December Waverley and finishing point will have to dispose of their dog Borough Council approved a Public Space waste bags at home. However, it is hoped that A Protection Order (PSPO) to ban dog fouling Waverley (or the National Trust, as the owner of the across the entire Borough. land) will install a dog mess bin at the car park. The Order comes into effect from 1 January and Before setting up the PSPO Waverley sought means that dog owners and dog walkers will need to residents’ views and 96 per cent of those asked agreed clean up their dog’s mess and dispose of it appropriate- that dog owners should clear up after their pets ly and immediately. The order also requires the person immediately. Those who fail to do so will be issued a walking the dog(s) to have the means to pick up (such Fixed Penalty Notice for a fine of up to £10. Failure as dog mess bags) with them. to pay may lead to prosecution and a fine of up to For the time being the many dog walkers who £1,000. However, there will be a three-month warning use the Hambledon Church car park as their starting period before fines start to be issued.
he most important news is that Samuel Joseph Lindley was born on 29 November. Really T exciting for Katie – many congratulations.
Hambletots will start again in January. Have a look at the What’s On pages for all the dates and for further information.
Correction: in the last issue it was reported that The Cider House in Shackleford had closed. In fact it’s still going strong – the reference should perhaps have been to the former Cider House at Catteshall. Sorry!
And finally: huge appreciation from the Editors for all the people who, in their different ways, keep the Magazine going – contributors, both regular and occasional; advertisers; distributors; and last, but by no means least, readers. Thanks to you we have had some bumper issues in 2018: here’s hoping for even more in 2019!..
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 7
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will meet on 9, 16, 23, and 30 January
Friday 4 January, 8 pm Friday 18 January, 8 pm As her marriage to Jack Now a family man living in flounders, eminent London, Christopher Robin High Court judge Fiona receives a surprise visit book tickets online from his old childhood pal, Maye has a lifechanging chiddingfoldcinerna.corn decision to make at Winnie-the-Pooh. With Tickets work: should she force Christopher's help, Pooh £6 Adults, embarks on a journey to £3 for under 15s a teenage boy, Adam to find his friends, Tigger, (where permitted) have the blood transfu- Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rab- sion that will save his bit, Kanga and Roo. Once reunited, life? Her unorthodox visit to his the lovable bear and the gang travel hospital bedside has a profound impact on them to the big city to help Christopher both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and rediscover the joy of life … Star- long-buried feelings in her. Starring ring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci & Fionn Whitehead Ewan McGregor as Christopher Robin
Thank you to all our Nexus members and friends for your support in 2018. We wish you a very Happy New Year. We are delighted to start our 2019 programme, on Thursday 10 January , with a talk by (The Hon. Mr Justice) Andrew Baker, on “What it means to be a High Court Judge?” It promises to bring fascinating insights into our British legal system. Meet in Busbridge Church Centre at 8pm, when with New Year drinks and nibbles, to share our festive news, before Andrew’s talk. All are very welcome, including men for this event! Our 2019 programme will be available at the meeting, so come along and pick up your copy. We look forward to seeing you! We’ll collect subscriptions at this meeting. Membership remains £18 per year, and £5 per evening for non-members. Cheques to Nexus, please. Subscriptions and fees cover speakers’ gifts, welcome drinks & nibbles, tea/coffee afterwards, donations to charities, for 2019 Hydon Hill Cheshire Home For more phone Janet Harvey on 423264 or Kate Kaye on 415296 or find us on www.bhcgodalming.org/groups
CLOCKHOUSE CINEMA PRESENTS: FRIDAY 18 January , at Chapel Lane Milford GU8 5EZ Doors open 6.45pm Film starts 7.30pm Licensed Bar Tickets £5 from The Clockhouse, 01483 420668 Charity 1059045
The true and compelling story about the keepers (Antonina and Dr Jan Z abiński) of the Warsaw Zoo who helped save hundreds of people from Nazi hands during World War II, with engaging performances from Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl,
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 8 The Clockhouse Lecture series
A Very Secret War: Bugging Hitler’s Generals in WWII
Friday 1 February 7 for 7.30
Lecturer: Dr Helen Fry
Tickets: £15 each, includes a two-course supper. Licensed Bar For tickets and information, please contact The Manager on 01483 420 668 The Clockhouse, Chapel Lane, Milford, GU8 5EZ
Registered Charity 1059045
on 2 February, at 8.30 a m
Ladies, do come and join us for a lovely breakfast and good company, at the West Surrey Golf Club. Our speaker will be Annie Sneller.
Tickets on sale from the Village Shop until Monday 28 January
THE FRIENDS OF QUIZ EVENING Saturday 2 February
Reg.Charity No 1080617 at 7.30pm at Chiddingfold Village Hall
friendsofchiddsurgery.org APPLICATION FOR TICKETS
To apply please give: Name, Address, Contact phone or email; Team name (teams of 8) Meals Required: Number of ploughman’s suppers; number of tickets required @£15 each Total payable, cheques payable to The Friends of Chiddingfold Surgery and send to: FCS Quiz Evening, c/o Wetwood Rough, High St Green, Chiddingfold, GU8 4XY
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 9 Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 10 Happy New Year! The Village Shop
Gill’s going straight to the point this month – with a view to helping anyone who may not yet have hit on the perfect New Year resolution.
hope that your Christmas was all you hoped it If you are interested, do please contact me at would be and that 2019 will be getting off to a [email protected] to arrange a ‘try I good start. And now that Christmas is over, I’m out session’ and find out what it’s like working at the going to appeal to all of you who are making New Shop. Year Resolutions to include one that involves Speaking from personal experience, it’s a contributing more to village life this year. wonderful place to work. It never ceases to amaze me Hambledon Village Shop needs volunteers for that a bunch of people with nothing else in common the following shifts on the TILL: other than geographical proximity can pull together - Every Tuesday 08:00-11:00 and run a successful business that benefits the whole - Alternate Tuesdays 15:00-17:30 community. The buzz and the sense of goodwill that - Alternate Wednesdays 08:00-11:00 our little enterprise generates is not to be under- - Alternate Thursdays 13:00-15:00 estimated and to be a part of it is deeply satisfying. - Every Friday 13:00-15:00 So, if you want to be involved in something - Alternate Fridays 15:00-17:30 rather special, please get in touch. You will receive a - Saturday afternoons (1 in 4) 14:00-16:30 from April warm welcome and lots of support from colleagues to September who will most likely turn into good friends. - Sunday afternoons (1 in 4) 12:00-14:30 in Winter, Now, that’s what I call a Happy New Year! 12:00-16:30 in Summer Gill Keeping up with the Met
Or rather, the Met Office trying to keep up with the weather. Earthworm is intrigued by the contrasting conditions of the last two months, and by the attempts to explain them.
t hardly seems possible, muses Earthworm, that easterlies that sent Earthworm burrowing down to the not only has Christmas come and gone with all its lower depths of his lovely warm heap and even brought I hype and build-up but that another year has sped snow to higher ground. Wet, windy but mild was then by too. One needs to look back and reflect on how the pattern into December.. that year has passed, be it good or bad, happy or sad. Earthworm has learnt of intriguing links between No doubt for most a mixture with highlights and some the solar cycle and winters. The cycle is roughly an 11- lows. Earthworm does not much enjoy moving house year one related to sunspot activity, even though this is – that is definitely a low, but happily one that only 93 million miles away. Now is a quiet time for sunspots occurs about every two years. He also does not really and this can lead to cold. There was some excitement like house-sharing. That happens most years and he that there might be snow for Christmas. As we go to has developed a tolerance for the “invaders”, the grass press we do not yet know, as late December was also snakes, as he does realise the good they do in the forecast to be wet, windy and with heavy storms: a bit garden. All those slugs that they eat – but he fears of a contradiction, especially when they also say that if they also eat the frogs and Earthworm likes the frogs. it is dry it will be colder. What is one to deduce from The Met Office reported “funny weather all of that, thinks Earthworm? Snow in December is patterns” for November and December. They not that usual, with falls happening more frequently explained it in terms of wind direction which intrigues later in the winter season and even in March. In fact Earthworm. Southerly winds blow mild but wet air in we are more likely to have snow at Easter than Christ- and, while this might be described as “a good thing” mas. So perhaps we should just continue to “dream of in terms of replenishing the much-depleted aquifers a white Christmas”. The last one was in 2010. As to following on from the very dry summer, they also what constitutes a white Christmas, readers may be brought uncommon warmth for mid-November with surprised to learn that the Met Office definition is “one some astonishingly sunny days. The poor plants did flake falling on the ground sometime over the 24 hours not know what to think, with spring flowers blooming of 25 December”! Certainly not what Earthworm and summer plants enjoying a second spell of would call a “white Christmas”. Happily Earthworm florifisence. However, all was to change with cold is not a betting man!
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 11 Not quite up for all the Cups
Neither the Reserves nor the A team were able to keep their County Cup hopes alive but all is not lost: the First team is still in with a Cup chance. As for the Vets, there’s no stopping them, as Matt Kiley reports.
ambledon travelled to Cranleigh in the but they couldn’t get the all-important goal – though Premier Cup game, needing. They needed a this finally happened with Matt Trevail sweeping H win to keep alive their hopes of getting home. Further chances came but they couldn’t make through to the next stages. The away side started the game interesting in the last 10 minutes. brightly with Will Grove lashing his shot wide of the Next up they welcomed Chiddingfold to Badger far post following a flick on from Jay Kotecha after a Park. This time they found themselves in a healthy Ryan Luff lofted free kick. Josh Hill came to the 3-0 lead at the break with Michael Cheesman scoring rescue on 32 minutes when a failed Matt Metcalfe and Dave Tye adding a brace. The second half was clearance fell to Cranleigh’s striker; but Josh ex- very scrappy and Hambledon took their foot of the pertly denied him from eight yards out. In the second gas. Chiddingfold pulled one back but the Dons made half Cranleigh stepped things up and got a goal on 57 sure of the points with Marlon Gibson heading home minutes when a cross down the left was swung in: from a Charlie Reddick corner. with two men at the far post, one of them headed in to Hambledon then faced unbeaten Cranleigh away make the score 1-0. As the Dons tried to push for an on a very boggy pitch. They got off to the worst equaliser Cranleigh scored again – a nice shot from possible start with Max Dodson heading home an own the right side in the box to finish the game. goal. The Dons had their chances but couldn’t find a Hambledon played hosts to local rivals Shalford way through. It looked to be one of those days, with in the Cyril West Cup Group game 1. Within six the Cranleigh striker smashing home from outside the minutes Kuda Kamoto put the home side in front with box in the second half. Hambledon had numerous gilt a tap in at the near post. It only took him another 17 edged chances and should have drawn, let alone won, minutes to get his hat trick. From then on Hambledon the game; but they could only convert one with the romped home to a strong victory, winning 8-0 with the retuning Paul Wicks heading home from close range. other goals coming from Will Grove, Paul Bradbury Hambledon A also crashed out of the County and Matt Metcalfe. A good start for Hambledon in Cup against West Byfleet Albion who are two this cup where they’ll look to progress and get to a cup divisions above. However they kept up their good final. league form, first of all with a home win against Hambledon Reserves were left frustrated during Surrey Dynamos (4-2) and then another against AFC the rest of November. First of all Cranleigh were not Hampton (6-2, with one goal from Matt Trevail, two able to field a team so the game against them had to be each from Sam Simmons and Ollie Jones and one called off and will be replayed at a later date. Then the from Darren Martin). This leaves them in touching away game to Chobham was called off distance of early league leaders due to a water-logged pitch. This left Hindhead. the Reserves with only one more game The Vets beat old rivals and that saw them crash out of the Hindhead 3-0 at Badger Park with County Cup 4-2 to Windlesham. They goals from Martin Cosser (2) and used the competition to give players not Lee Graffham. They then made it playing regularly the opportunity to get three league wins on the bounce some game time; but on a tough pitch with an enthralling 6-4 win over and with very strong sun making Bourne Blades on a quagmire of a visibility hard, they found themselves pitch. Having trailed 3-1 with half 3-0 down after only 20 minutes. They an hour to go, the Dons smashed pulled a goal back which went down as five goals in to lead 6-3, with an own goal. Then Michael Cheesman Bourne scoring a consolation goal had a great chance to make it 3-2 but at the end. Martin Cosser was in the defender got back to block. Disaster the goals again with a hat trick; struck just before half time as Paul Marlon Gibson scored two, Cook was caught on the ball, enabling including a cracking free kick; and Windlesham to take full advantage and Man of the Match Lee Graffham to have a healthy 4-1 lead at the break. scored the other. Hambledon made five changes at The Dons go into the local half time and went for the game. It derby with Elstead full of Christ- Martin Cosser scoring for the Vets was all Hambledon in the second half mas cheer and second in the league.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 12 A photographer’s paradise! Hambledon A photographer’s paradise!
Sue Strudwick reports on the latest Long Walk which took participants along the Basingstoke Canal towpath, where Sheelagh Vacher took the scenic photos: the water was so still that the reflections were perfect – not a ripple in sight. Then Ramblers it was on through MoD land to Frimley Green and lunch.
t was bright and sunny when we did our pre- Christmas walk, quite a contrast to last year when I we had to trudge through several inches of snow. We started our walk around Frimley and Frimley Green at the Frimley Lodge Park – worth a visit if you have young children or grandchildren visiting. Frimley Lodge Park is a 24 hectare site that boasts a range of facilities for all ages and hosts events for the whole family including lots of open space and woodland, picnic areas, two children's playgrounds, a trim trail, miniature railway and meadows, and pitch and putt courses available to hire. The walk took us along the Basingstoke 1800s. In 1801 the government enclosed common Canal towpath, a riverside land, which everyone had previously shared for path, woodland, heath and grazing and harvesting fuel in the form of wood and urban streets. We made peat. The new enclosures were distributed to the rich our way towards Deepcut for farming, increasing levels of poverty for the which has a distinctive remaining masses. Locally, the authorities put aside village sign adorned with this area of heath land for the poorest villagers to lock gates and wild red harvest wood and peat and it is still known as the roses. The design was in- Frimley Fuel Allotments to-day. spired by a conversation We then went through the St Catherine’s between the blacksmith SANGS (Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space), and the local lock keeper an area designated for local people to use for games who mentioned that he was and dog walking, to ease the impact on the more always sorry to have to cut environmentally sensitive areas of the Thames Valley back the beautiful wild Basin Special Protection Area. roses each year so that the After passing through St Peter’s churchyard and lock gates could be making a brief comfort stop at the church, we operated safely by canal continued through the streets of Frimley, towards the users. railway station, and then on to the Blackwater Valley We then continued Path South, past Frimley Bridge Lake. The lake into woodland (which originated from the 1950s when gravel was extracted unfortunately was strewn from the area. Once extraction finished in the 1980s with plastic bottles and tin the pits were allowed to flood, forming lakes teeming cans) and passed the with wildlife. entrance to the Royal After passing between two areas of fenced Logistics Corps barracks and headquarters. private lakes we had to cross the railway line which, Continuing through the woodland we caught sight of although an official crossing, was not signalled. From movement, which materialised into a lone there it was only a short walk to our lunch stop, the camouflaged soldier “guarding” dozens of very heavy- Rose & Thistle pub, on the edge of Frimley Green. looking kit bags. He told us they weighed 40 kg each After lunch it was a five minute stroll back to the cars. and he was waiting for more soldiers, presumably to Thanks to the Three Graces for an interesting do a training trek through and varied walk. the woods. Running Next Walk: Tuesday 8 January along one side of the path was a moss covered Meet at the Village Hall at 9am Leaders: Maria and Martin Birch ridge, peppered with many old tree stumps – a Further details from good example of a Helena Hockridge boundary bank, probably 01428 684352 or 07768 548099 dating from the early [email protected]
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 13 Hambledon Nursery School
The start of the new school year saw Kate Walford picking up the reins as Head Teacher at the Nursery School. As she recounts, it’s proved to be a busy, fun-filled and very happy first term.
irst of all, I have enjoyed seeing how the new and a builder, plus one dad who dazzled the children starters, who joined us in September, have with his Spiderman-like skills as a tree surgeon, F settled and grown in confidence over the term. It swinging through the trees as he chopped down is a pleasure to get to know new families and establish branches with his chainsaw. strong links with the parents of the children attending The weather at the start of term was still warm the nursery. and sunny and we spent lots of time outdoors on We have had so many wonderful activities and woodland walks, toasting marshmallows on a bonfire experiences, but one highlight has to be ‘Occupations’ in our large outdoor area and going on bug hunts. In week in which many of our amazingly supportive addition, we have had lots of special days and events parents gave up their time to talk to the children about to look back on this term. We held our harvest service their jobs. We had a doctor, a chef, a window cleaner at St Peter’s Church at the end of September and the children sang songs and gave thanks for the food we have. Another memorable day was raising money for Children in Need in November, by arriving at nursery in dressing-up clothes or pyjamas: staff and children alike all took part together. As I write this, it is the last week of term and we are very much looking forward to our Christmas Nativity. This year we are telling the traditional Christmas story through a nativity entitled ‘Whoop-A- Daisy’ Angel and the children have been practising the songs with great enthusiasm. So my first term as Head Teacher is drawing to a close in a flurry of excitement, glitter, mince pie making and Christmas tree decorating. It is a truly magical time of the year to be working with such young and delightful children. I cannot help but smile every day and feel Kate in front of the lovely nativity scene that the children very lucky and privileged to be doing the role I now made for the wall have at Hambledon Nursery School.
The cost of Christmas
We all wanted to join in the fun and be generous with gifts for our family and friends; but if we spend beyond our means we can find ourselves starting the New Year in financial difficulties.
t’s easy to throw caution to the winds and think 4. Compare the two lists and see if and when you that the debts can be paid off in the New Year; might have some money to spare. I but with a bit of care it’s possible to avoid that 5. Only then make a list of extra things you would situation. Here are some steps you can take and which like to buy, together with their likely costs. If there might help in future. isn’t enough money for them, can you cut down or 1. Work out what money you have, including any share the cost(s) with someone else? savings you have ear-marked. 6. If you do need to borrow money or pay for some 2. Work out when you will paid earnings and/or things on credit, try to ensure you can pay it back in a benefits (in both December and January) and estimate reasonable time and at as low a rate of interest as how much you will receive. possible. 3. Make a list of all the payments which are due in You can find Top Tips for Borrowing , together December and January and the dates they are due. with a budgeting tool, on the Citizens Advice website: Start with the essential ones such as rent or mortgage, https:www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/ Council Tax and court debts; then carry on with borrowing-money/top-tips-for-borrowing. Or contact insurance, utility bills, household costs, transport, etc. Citizens Advice Waverley for free, confidential advice.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 14 What’s happening at ...
Having rounded off the old year with a tea party to celebrate all things new at the Village Hall, 2019 will be getting off to a flying start, first of all with a table top sale in February and then, in April, with a very special evening of entertainment
t’s been a memorable year for the Village Hall, Whilst Committee members are more than kicking off with Bums on Seats! This highly grateful to the Community Fund, the sponsors of the I successful sponsorship campaign, launched at the chairs and several individual donors for their financial Hall’s View a Chair stall at the Fete which formed support, they’ve not been resting on their laurels. part of the Hambledon Midsummer Festival, exceeded Numerous fund-raising events have included, in 2017, expectations, raising two quizzes, a theatre performance and a fashion not only enough show. In 2018 a jumble sale, which caused a traffic money to replace 50 jam outside the Hall, raised over £1,000; there has of the oldest chairs been another theatre performance and a repeat of the but also to enable ever-popular Quiz ’n Pie night; and the pantomime is the sponsors to be yet to come. commemorated by a To celebrate so much small name plaque activity and to enable the on the back of each Committee members to thank one. everyone who supports the And that was just the start. The interior of the Hall, they hosted a tea party Hall was repainted in July (the entrance lobby and the on 15 December. Despite its toilets have yet to be done). A donation of £2,000 undoubtedly having been the from the proceeds of the Midsummer Festival coldest and wettest afternoon financed a new rainwater soak-away under the car of the year, over 60 villagers park, which should improve the damp problem from braved the elements to enjoy which the Hall has suffered for years. New storage a delicious tea and to get a heaters have been purchased, together a new coin foretaste of some of the metre, a new fridge and a new urn; and the loft has events already planned for been insulated. Finally in 2018, new emergency 2019. lighting was installed inside and outside the Hall. As an alternative But the pièce de resistance must surely be the to a jumble sale, new stage curtains. The old ones had been in place there will be a table since at least the 1950s and were on their last legs (or top sale from 2 - rather, threads). The Village Hall Committee there- 4pm on 2 February. fore applied to the Hambledon Community Fund for a People can rent a grant and was very generously awarded £3,176 – table for £20 and sufficient to cover the complete replacement costs and then sell their own also the second largest grant made to date by the Fund. goods/jumble and Advertising the highlights keep the profits. (No electrical items, please.) The entrance fee for buyers will be 50p. Tea and cake will be available to buy on the day. Please see What’s On for details of how to book your table. The next highlight will be on 5 April when the Committee will proudly present a very special evening of poetry, music and comedy with Ian McMillan and Luke Carver Goss. Poetry fans will be familiar with Ian McMillan, ‘the Bard of Barnsley’, from his many appearances on Radio 4, on television and his regular Friday evening programme on Radio 3, The Verb . He and Luke have been travelling the country’s village halls with their special tailor- made celebration of all things A fitting end to 2018 – Committee Chair Ruth Canham ‘village hall’. They have a huge with committee members Anthea Edwards, Kim Cross following so don’t miss out on (Treasurer), Paul Vacher (Secretary), Paul Stone, Julie getting a ticket (£12.50). They’ll Atkin and Mary Grove showing off the new curtains at be available at the Village Shop the tea party on 15 December (we’ll let you know when).
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 15 Village helphelp----lineline
Surrey isn’t the only county where telephone boxes are under threat – in the whole of Derbyshire only 124 of the formerly ubiquitous red K6 boxes are left and BT is on the prowl. Which is why one of its villages contacted Hambledon for help.
small village on the edge of the Derbyshire cannot be removed by BT, although it could still be Peak District has turned to Hambledon for disconnected at some time in the future. The official A help in keeping its traditional red telephone recommendation in 2010 read “This telephone kiosk is kiosk. situated in a picturesque landscape setting, next to a Villagers in Simmondley, near Glossop, pond and Post Office, within a conservation area and contacted Hambledon Parish Council after reading an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The kiosk about how it had succeeded in getting the red K6-type undoubtedly comtributes to the exceptional rural phone box outside the Village Shop and Post Office setting in which it stands.” listed as Grade II by Historic England. The Parish Not all of these criteria will apply to the kiosk at Council also objected to proposals by BT back in 2008 Simmondley. But Stewart has suggested several to disconnect the box, arguing that it was the only one matters that could be put forward to help the villagers’ in the village and should be retained for emergency fight to keep their kiosk. use. And there is some good news. BT has agreed to The kiosk in Simmondley (pictured above) is on postpone its consultation to remove the box until later the Village Green and BT has proposed disconnecting in 2019 and the issue is being discussed by the local it, on the grounds that, in this day of mobile phones, Parish Council. A Facebook page has ben set up to few people use public call boxes anymore. Various spearhead a campaign to keep the kiosk in working attempts to secure its future met with no success, so condition and this will be delivered to BT when it residents turned to Hambledon. One wrote “Our reopens the consultation. community group applied to Historic England for * Hambledon’s kiosk remains in working order permission to list the kiosk as it is under threat of to this day, although it no longer accepts coins. being decommissioned. However, we have been Emergency calls can be made free of charge and turned down. Would you be kind enough to share reverse charge calls can be made through the operator. your application arguments for listing, as clearly we A bank card is required for all other calls. have not made a very good case.” * However, Busbridge Parish Council is in Hambledon Parish Councillor Stewart Payne, discussions with BT over the future of the red phone who was involved in making the application for kiosk at the Hydestile Crossroads, a prominent land- listing, has been in touch with Simmondley and mark at the entrance to Hambledon. Currently the explained the case that Hambledon put forward. It Council pays BT a contribution towards its continued stressed the importance of location, pointing out that maintenance as a working pay phone. But very few the kiosk was in a conservation area and a much- calls have been made from the kiosk and it is likely cherished village landscape in which the red phone that the Council will end the agreement with BT and box was an important component part. instead “adopt” the box and have it restored and After visiting the site, Historic England (then repainted. The equipment will be removed but its known as English Heritage) recommended to the light will remain connected and it may be used to Department for Culture, Media and Sport that the house a defibrillator. A final decision will be made at kiosk be designated as Grade II. This means that it the end of a statutory consultation period.
Who’s for cricket ––– in 2019?
Come and play some real village cricket for Hambledon this year. As Ginger Blackman reminds us, the new season will soon be with us.
ut first of all there’s an AGM to attend to. As ambitious, a friendly one) or becoming a non-playing previously announced it, will be held on member and perhaps getting involved in some of the B Tuesday 19 February in the Cricket Pavilion, many Club activities, be it umpiring or making teas. starting at 8 pm. Everyone is welcome to come along, Not to mention the Junior sides which once again are particularly those who might be interested in joining expected to range from 7 to 9-year olds up to the under one of the teams (there’s a league side and, for the less -15s and for which plenty of help also is needed.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 16 A simple soup
White bean and onion soup with fresh thyme is a deliciously light but flavourful and filling soup. It is also the perfect January antidote to a over-indulgent December. Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
60g butter one tin of cannellini beans, drained 1kg onions, sliced as thinly as you possibly can 3tbsp single cream 1/2 tbsp yellow mustard seeds one short baguette, sliced very thinly 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme leaves 60g finely grated gruyere 3 tablespoons cider vinegar chopped parsley to serve 1.5 litres chicken stock salt and pepper
METHOD
Melt the butter and cook the onions very s-l-o-w-l-y. Keep the soup warm while you deal with the It might take up to half an hour, but be patient. baguette slices.
Tip in the mustard seeds, cook for 2 Lay the thin slices on the grill, drizzle minutes, then add the thyme and vinegar lightly with olive oil and slide under a and cook until the vinegar is absorbed. hot grill until golden. Turn over and Add the stock and bring to the boil, then sprinkle with grated gruyere . Pop back reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 under the grill until the cheese is melted, minutes. Pour in the beans and heat then remove and keep warm. Take the through, then mash with a potato masher, soup off the heat and swirl through the not to a pulp, just until the colour starts to cream. Season to taste and sail the lighten and you have lots of nice crunchy cheese toasties on the top, scattered lumps. with parsley.
Sam Gates 077445 980482 [email protected] www.samgatesfood.co.uk
Morning Tea
A vicar in a small country church was looking forward to an important visit from his bishop which would involve the bishop staying overnight at the vicarage after the service. His young son became very excited as he had never spoken to a bishop before. The vicar decided that his young son should be allowed to knock on the bishop’s door in the morning and take him in his morning tea. His father gave him instructions: “First, knock on the door of the bishop’s room and then say loud and clear: “It’s the boy, my Lord, it’s time to get up.” The young son was very excited and rehearsed his lines, repeating them over and over. Finally, the bishop came and spent the night. Next morning the young lad went to the door and knocked. He cried loudly: “It’s the Lord, my boy, and your time is up!”
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 17
GOD The Adoration of the Kings IN THE
ARTS London’s National Gallery, built in the style of an ancient Greek temple, houses one of the finest collections of European paintings in the world. During 2019 the Rev. Michael Burgess will be journeying through it and exploring some of its treasures.
e begin our journey in this month of January as we celebrate another journey: the three W kings (or wise men) travelling from afar to offer their gifts to the Christ Child as painted by Sandro Botticelli. The name ‘Botticelli’ (‘little barrel’) was originally given to an older brother, presumably because he was portly; but it was adopted as the family surname. Botticelli was born in Florence around 1445. He spent almost all his life in the city, apart from a couple of years when he worked on the decoration of the Sistine Chapel. He seems to have become the most sought-after artist in Florence and he painted The Ado- ration of the Kings in 1470-75. It is one of five depic- tions he made of the Epiphany, as Florence had a great devotion to the wise men. A confraternity of the Magi was attached to the church of San Marco and the city always celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany with spectacular processions about the city. The Pucci family, who may have commissioned this picture, were supporters of the ruling Medici and probably chose the subject of the Adoration because of its association with them. Cosimo de' Medici had his This story explains the presence of decaying own cell in San Marco decorated with a fresco of the Roman buildings in many 15th century depictions of Adoration; and in the Medici palace chapel portraits the Adoration. Although Botticelli does not allude to of the family and their allies are placed in the retinue any one specific ancient Roman building still extant, of the Kings. he gives here a sense of their sheer scale and heft, Having entered the temple of the National perhaps inspired by an awareness of the lofty ruins of Gallery panel, our eyes notice first of all that the the Basilica of Maxentius (believed to be the Temple monumental building that fills almost two thirds of it of Peace by various Renaissance writers) and the resembles a ruined basilica, a building type that Baths of Caracalla. originated with the state meeting halls of ancient One final important element of Botticelli’s Rome and which was later employed for the larger building is its ecclesiastical character, evoked by its early Christian churches – including old St Peter's in resemblance to the basilica churches of early Rome A large central nave extends deep into the Christianity. The position of Mary within this church picture, its massive arches supported by a series of tall is particularly significant. She is in the very middle of rectangular piers. On the left-hand side a screen of the nave, a placement that renders her like an altar. arches is all that remains of what may have been the By putting Mary here, Botticelli may well have been arm of a transept, now reduced to a fragment. There is referring to the long tradition that associated the no hint of what should have been a second transept – procession of the Kings before Mary and Jesus at the Botticelli almost certainly excluded this to enable him Adoration with the procession of worshippers before to depict a view of Jerusalem in the background. the altar at Mass. This is a theme to which he returned The architecture continues in an increasingly in numerous Adorations ruinous state into the foreground of the work. The depiction of the Holy Family with Mary Botticelli’s less-than-serene wreck of a building thus holding her new-born son in the still centre of the contains within it not just a potent sense of the effects panel is a sign of the new church that will grow and of time’s passage but also a sense that time is still flourish out of the pagan ruins. The still centre of passing. The ruins and the wooden roof perched in the new life is surrounded by the three kings and a large nave have a specific symbolic message which alludes crowd. We can see horses as well, and a peacock – a to the idea that, with Christ’s birth, the Christian Christian symbol of immortality. Amid that panoply church rose out of the ruins of the old pagan religion. of animals and people we might even see ourselves More precisely, The Golden Legend reported that, coming with the kings to offer our gifts and to find, when the Temple of Peace in Rome was built, the like them, hope and light in the birth of Mary’s child. Oracle of Apollo foretold that it would stand only until Around the scene a new day dawns – it is the light of a virgin gave birth to a child – a prophecy that came to God’s glory that can shine on us and on our world in pass when it collapsed on the night of Jesus’ birth. this new year of His good grace.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 18 Enjoy the wonderful winter sights &&& colours The Garden
One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long time in January To behold the junipers shagged with ice, The spruces rough in the distant glitter Of the January sun; and not to think Of any misery in the sound of the wind, In the sound of a few leaves, Which is the sound of the land Full of the same wind That is blowing in the same bare place For the listener, who listens in the snow, And, nothing himself, beholds Nothing that is not there and…
good time to enjoy the winter wonderland in Shrubs and Trees: Roses bloom best in sunny spots, the garden and to start preparing for spring by but some do well in partial shade such as R. “Gertrude A getting the seed catalogues out. Jekyll”, rich pink; “R. Sally Holmes”, single flowered pale pink to white; and R “Prosperity”, large creamy Perennials, Annuals and Bulbs: Have you been white. For a north-facing wall choose climbers or given a Christmas cactus in flower? They are very ramblers such as R. “Adelaide D’Orleans”, white; or colourful, but how do you look after them success- R. “Madame Alfred Carriere”, white flushed soft pink. fully as they sometimes drop their flower buds? To Shrubs with winter interest worth thinking about help avoid this, try to keep them at a temperature of 13 are Hamamelis; Cornus; and Sarcococca, Nandina. -15°C and water sparingly, but don’t let the compost They are available from garden centres at this time of dry out completely. Wait until spring before you repot year; but delay planting if the ground is frozen or them; then, to get them to re -flower next year, let water-logged. them rest for two months, keeping them cool and Veges and Fruit: Look through seed catalogues and watering rarely. Finally, stand them outside in summer websites and visit the local garden centre to choose in a shady spot before bringing them indoors again in seeds, onion sets and seed potatoes. Do try a few new the autumn. I bring the really tender plants into my varieties against your favourites, as many older conservatory in late autumn but, as the season varieties are not the same as they used to be. I am progresses, they start to suffer from sap-sucking pests limited for space so I only grow what I and my family such as aphids, mealybugs and scale insects which and friends enjoy. feed on sap by piercing plants with their mouthparts. Tomatoes are one of the first seeds I sow, Heavy infestations will weaken the plants or even kill towards the end of January. As blight is always a them: you might see a sticky coat on the leaves, left problem I look for more resistant varieties such as by their excretions. Biological controls can be used in “Crimson Crush” which has a high yield; and conservatories and greenhouses, but not indoors; “Mountain Magic” which shows an even better blight otherwise you can use systemic insecticides or spray resistance. Both are quite late ripening, but that does regularly with formulas based on plant oils. not seem to matter. It may be worth considering Sow sweet peas this month indoors, if not done ordering a few vegetable plug plants of those veges of in autumn; they will then be fairly big when planted which you only need a few. out in spring and will be able to fend for themselves. The dormant season, January and February, is Cut off leaves of hellebores, if not done already, good for pruning some fruit such as apples and pears. to avoid leaf spot and to reveal the flowers when they Although I have been pruning these for some years, come out later. Hellebores are not particularly fussy I still like to remind myself how much to cut back: where they grow, as long as the soil is full of nutrients remove dead, rubbing and weak growth; shorten this (so do feed every year at the end of August or in year’s growth on main branches by a third to a bud September) and free draining (so add organic matter). facing the direction in which you want the branch to They are happiest under deciduous trees or shrubs so grow; then cut back side shoots to five or six buds. that they get sun in February and March when they are Force rhubarb by covering a plant with a tall flowering and later get shade when the shrub/tree light-proof container, such as a terracotta forcer or a leaves return. Hellebores are best propagated by seed plastic dustbin. Make sure to choose a different plant but they can be divided just after flowering or in to last year, as rhubarb needs a few years to recover. September. There are so many varieties but among those worth trying are H. “Anna’s Red” and “Penny’s Greenhouse: Now that I have a simple electric heater Pink”. These make excellent cut flowers as well. in the greenhouse, I have invested in a max/min As the winter progresses look out for self thermometer to check that the heater is keeping the sowers – those plants that have a habit of coming up greenhouse at the correct temperature to protect the wherever they like. I love drifts of Forget-Me-Nots, tender plants. There are even digital ones that allow Erigeron, Ox-eyed Daisies, Poppies, Hollyhocks, monitoring from inside the house. I open the green- Verbascum and Evening Primroses, to mention just a house door just a bit and turn the heater off on sunny few. They need managing to get them where you want days when it is not too cold and I close it again an them in the right quantity so you need to thin and hour or two later and turn the heater back on. This transplant them; but be careful not to put mulch over helps the air to circulate and protects a bit against them. mould.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 19 Puzzle Page
Crossword
ACROSS DOWN 1 Convert from code (8) 1 Wine residue (5) 5 Bird’s horny mouthpiece (4) 2 Sing softly (5) 7 Self-obsessed person (6) 3 Route between mountains (4) 9 With no resemblance (6) 4 Join up again (7) 101010 Ostracise (4) 5 Browbeat (5) 111111 Transmit (4) 6 Lopsided (5) 141414 Bored or tired action (4) 8 By means of (7) 171717 Porridge cereal (4) 121212 Emit (5) 191919 Number puzzle (6) 131313 Drivel (5) 202020 Dine in a restaurant (3,3) 151515 Smell, scent (5) 212121 Retail (4) 161616 Nick, thin cut (5) 222222 Coins and notes (4,4) 181818 Constituent of mortar (4)
Maze Word Search The Magi brought three gifts to Jesus: gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gold was a gift that would have been given to a king. Frankincense was brought by priests as they worshipped God in the Temple. Myrrh was a spice that the ancients used in preparing bodies for burial. So you could say that the Wise Men, in choosing their gifts, honoured Jesus with gold because He was King of the Jews, with frankincense because He was to be worshipped as divine; and with myrrh, because He would also become a sacrifice and die for His people. The Wise Men were the very first gentiles ever to worship Jesus. What faith they had! They never saw any evidence of Jesus’s kingship, His divinity or His sacrificial death. They simply worshipped Him through faith in God’s promises alone. Sudoku
Easy Intermediate
Answers to all puzzles on page 26
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 20 Oh, what a surprise!
There’s not many of us who get close up and personal to a double agent – but then Ross always was one for springing surprises. Makes you wonder who else he might be getting to know over a pint.
hat on earth is happening to Godalming? support your local High Street (and, of course, the It’s fine if you need some junk food or a Village Shop). W charity shop or, of course, a haircut. Looks Many years ago GWJ and I used to meet a like Turkish barbers are taking over the High Street – couple from Godalming for a drink and chat in the not to mention nail bars. Ram Cider House (now closed). His name was Oleg Church Street is particularly sad. Two of GWJ’s and we knew that he was Russian. We lost touch after favourite shops have closed – the Pavilion many the Ram closed; but imagine my surprise to see an months ago and the arts and crafts shop last August. article in The Oldie advertising a book by Ben Four others have also gone. Macintyre, The Spy and the Traitor , with the spy Keep an eye on what used to be a being Oleg Gordievski who was the most Chinese restaurant at the top of the High valuable defector of the Cold War. And to Street called Forum Court. After being shut think we just used to meet him for a pint and for years it is now a hive of refurbishment a chat!. activity. The three-storey brick building As already mentioned, the Hambledon dates back to the late 1700s. Heritage Society AGM will be on 20 March The photo shows GWJ looking (full details in the separate advertisement in sadly at the empty Pavilion. So cut the the What’s On section). Do come and join business tax; stop building superstores; us. In the meantime, a happy new year. Ross What’s going on at The Clockhouse
From small beginnings a veritable oak tree has grown, as this history of the Clockhouse and a sample of the range of its activities demonstrates. But, as always, the Trustees would love to hear from anyone who would like to become involved in its work.
n July 1986 a team at Milford Hospital needed a lunch and take part in our many social events and project so they got together and came up with the activities. These include exercise classes, pilates, a I idea of helping people in the community. Having book club, film afternoons, craft days, quizzes, games, discussed this with a GP in Godalming it was decided musical entertainments and outings. In January alone to find a suitable hall in which elderly people could there will be a couple of musical events; celebrations meet. The scout hut in New Road, Milford had the of Elvis Presley’s birthday, Burns night and Australia necessary capacity and what was to become the Day day; a film festival; afternoon tea at Squires Garden Centre opened – initially on one day week but soon Centre; and a family and friends lunch. Hairdressing, increased to two because it was so popular. At this chiropody and reflexology are also provided. stage it was run by a small committee and some However, The Clockhouse is a charity and as volunteers. such requires substantial funding to enable it to offer In 1990 the proceeds of the sale of a house were this comprehensive service to the community. An left to go towards building a new Day Centre. A annual grant from Waverley Borough Council covers limited company was set up and Trustees were elected part of the total operating costs but the balance has to in 1997. Several people did a huge amount of fund- be raised through hiring out the building, other grants, raising and eventually, with the help of Waverley tireless fundraising and donations. Borough Council, land was purchased from Secretts to Dame Penelope Keith, who has always been an enable the present building in Chapel Lane to be extremely supportive patron of The Clockhouse, is constructed. It was opened by the Rt. Hon. Virginia currently its President. Bottomley, then the local MP, in 1998, since when it To find out more, if you know of anyone who has been refurbished thanks to some very generous might benefit from attending The Clockhouse or if you donations. would like to become a volunteer or to join the fund- Today The Clockhouse offers a warm and raising committee please contact the manager, Jules friendly environment for the over 50s where members Milton, by email – [email protected] – or can meet new and old friends, enjoy a freshly cooked by telephome – 01483 420668.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 21 Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 22 Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 23 Useful Information and Telephone Numbers
GP SURGERIES AND HEALTH CENTRES
Witley – The Surgery, Wheeler Lane, Witley GU8 5QR Tel: Doctors 01428 682218 Community Nurses 01428 685249 Health Visitors 01428 685249
Milford – Hurst Farm Surgery, Chapel Lane, Milford GU8 4EG Tel: Doctors 01483 415885
– Crossroads Surgery, Church Road, Milford GU8 5JQ Tel: Doctors 01483 414461 Health Visitors & Community Nurses 01483 415564
Chiddingfold – Ridgeley Road, GU8 4QP Tel: Doctors 01428 683174 Community Nurses 01428 683735
HOSPITALS
Royal Surrey County Hospital 01483 571122 Milford Hospital 01483 782000 Haslemere Hospital 01483 783000
Equipment for short term use Some items only required for a short time (usually three months) may be borrowed from the British Red Cross Equipment Loan Centre, Wey Court (off Meadrow), Godalming GU7 3JE. Opening hours: 10 am - 3 pm Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Available equipment includes bed blocks, bed cradles, back rests, commodes, wheelchairs, bed pans and urinals. For further information please telephone 01482 429238.
POLICE Police Community Support Officer: 12010 Karen Phillips e-mail: [email protected] Urgent calls: 999 Non-urgent and crime reporting 101
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH CO-ORDINATOR 01483 427249
Area 1 Mrs Sally Marks Hydestile 01483 427249 Area 2 Mr Arthur Blackman Church Lane 01428 683871 Area 3 Miss Jane Woolley Woodlands Road 01428 684213 Area 4 Mrs Caroline Pitt Malthouse Lane 01428 682940 Area 5 Mr Alf Hammond Cricket Green 01428 683625 Area 6 Mr John Tidmarsh Lane End 01428 682067 Area 7 Mr Ion Campbell Feathercombe Lane 01483 860264 Area 8 Mr Bryon Ware Hambledon Park 01428 289132
UTILITIES
Thames Water (Customer Enquiries) 0800 3169800 Southern Water (Customer Enquiries) 0845 2780845 Southern Electric (Emergency) 24 Hours 0800 0727282 Gas (Emergency) 24 hours 0800 111 999
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 24 HAMBLEDON PARISH COUNCIL
Councillors John Anderson 01428 682666 Mary Grove 01483 415815 Mike Parry 01428 682303 Paul Pattinson 01428 682000 Stewart Payne 01483 425250 Sean Sinnott 01428 682735 Philip Underwood 01428 682742 Clerk Caroline White 01428 481956 Email [email protected]
Surrey County Councillor Mrs Victoria Young 0203 65015995
Waverley Borough Councillors Nick Holder 01428 682402 Anna James 01428 682844
GENERAL
Borough Hall 01483 523333
Cinema, Borough Hall (Tickets & Information) 01483 523004
Library 01483 422743
Hambledon Village Shop is able to arrange deliveries 01428 682176
St Peter’s Hambledon – church office 01483 421267 (and see page 3 for more information)
Hambledon Village Hall – for terms and bookings 01428 683588
Train Information Times and fares for all national services 0845 7484950
GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME Lifts to medical appointments, collecting prescriptions for Hambledon residents without transport: ring 01428 682959. If no response within 24 hours please call 01428 684390
VETERINARY SURGEONS
Milford Veterinary Hospital 37, New Road, Milford 01483 414747 Rivendell 24, St Johns Street, Farncombe 01483 421833 In an emergency, ring either number
Hambledon Village Shop, Deli/Café & Post Office Opening Times
Shop Deli/Café Post Office
Monday 8.30am – 5.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm* 9.30am – 12.30pm & 1.30pm – 4.30pm Tuesday 8.30am – 5.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm* 9.30am – 12.30pm Wednesday 8.30am – 5.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm* 9.30am – 12.30pm Thursday 8.30am – 5.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm* 9.30am – 12.30pm & 1.30pm – 4.30pm Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm 9.00am – 4.00pm* 9.30am – 12.30pm & 1.30pm – 4.30pm Saturday 8.30am – 2.00pm 9.00am – 2.00pm** 9.30am – 12.30pm Sunday 8.30am – 2.00pm 9.00am – 2.00pm** Closed
* last orders for lunch at 2.30pm ** last orders for brunch at 1.00pm
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 25 Puzzle Solutions
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Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 26