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Tilford Life The Tilford Parish Council Newsletter In This Issue ....... P2 Heather Humphrey’s Bench / All Saints Grand Opening P3 Broadband Improvements beckon / 9 Armistice Celebration Dinner P4 Changes at the Parish Council. / News from The Duke of y 201 Cambridge / Dinner Winner ruar P5 Tilford Gardening Club Feb / Tilford Women’s Institute / 1st Tilford Brownies ary - P6 Did you know! / Ironstone Janu P7 Tilford Badminton Club Night / Chair Job / Tilford and Issue 25 Rushmoor Calendar 2019 P8 Young Tilford It is proposed to have this all installed & Wood Stone specialist https://www. East Bridge Renovation by mid-March. Once the start date is putneyandwood.co.uk. During the confirmed, advanced warning signs works, the riverside carpark will be will be put up. The road will not required for storage use from 4th It’s gone all a bit quiet on the East be closed for the erection of the February 2019 till the end of the Bridge renovation conversation of temporary footbridge but the road whole scheme so will be partially late but not to disappoint, Shaan Ali, will be closed for traffic at the end of closed off. The storage may be in the Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Surrey February 2019, beginning of March form of stacked cabins to minimise Highways has shared an update with 2019. The proposed time scale for the the footprint. us so we can in turn share it with you. bridge works and road closure will Parking spaces around the Green will The dates are not confirmed and be from end of February/beginning be severely depleted with the closure are subject to Environment Agency of March until the end of October of the riverside car park. Tilford consent. However the provisional 2019 (approximately 8 months). Parish Council asks all residents to start date for renovations is February Discussions are ongoing with the be considerate to other motorists 4th 2019. contractor to try and improve on this and the environment when parking time line. around the Green, especially during This will include the installation school runs. Parking on the Green is of the temporary footbridge and The work will be carried out by the prohibited, even two wheels. scaffold access to the main structure. term maintenance contractor, Kier, However, parking on the other side and subcontracted to R&W (Civil of the bridge will be much easier. So, Engineering Division) https://www. come and use the village shop and rwcivilengineering.co.uk and Putney park at your leisure! Welcome to our Village newsletter The plaque on the bench reads: and interviewing a government leader.” In loving memory of Canon Heather Humphrey After Mr Hunt cut the ribbon to open Priest-in-charge the new classroom, the Tory MP for at All Saints Church South West Surrey said: “All Saints 2014 – 2018 School is a great place with staff doing a first-class job of teaching and developing young pupils. All Saints School Grand Opening Heather Humphrey’s Bench A very special guest visited All Saints School this December when the Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, met Canon Heather Humphrey’s love his match taking on a Question Time- of gardening has been fondly style panel of children to officially remembered with the dedication of open the school’s new outdoor a beautiful wooden bench given by classroom. the garden centre she frequently used to visit. David Wheelhouse, The children put their visitor through former owner of Frensham Garden his paces asking him lots of questions Centre (now Squires), presented the about his work whilst asking him RHS Chelsea acacia-wood bench to to answer some tough questions of All Saints Church, Tilford, in memory their own. of Heather, its parish priest. “The creation of this outside All Saints were celebrating the classroom will enable the teachers to The Revd John Morris, Vicar of the opening of their brand new outdoor do even more to inspire and nurture The Bourne and Tilford, dedicated learning space which was funded these children – what a fantastic start the bench following a United Service by the fundraising events and to school life.” at All Saints on All Saints Day Sunday contributions from the parents. The (4 November), bringing together the lovely new structure reflects the All Saints’ development head and congregations of all the churches in schools belief in outdoor learning. teacher Louise Walters, added the United Benefice of The Bourne All Saints believes it is vital schools the new outdoor classroom and Tilford. He expressed warm embrace the power of imaginative offered children a ‘huge variety of appreciation of the generous gift education outside the classroom opportunities’ – from blasting rockets from Frensham Garden Centre which walls. across the field to painting bluebells Heather had visited so many times. in the woods, challenging pupils to Blessing the memorial bench, he said: Headteacher Sara Bedford said: run for seven minutes before they’re “We give thanks for Heather as we “Children love being outside and seven years old, to identifying British remember her smile, her love, her joy there is substantial evidence that trees and birds. and her faith”. playing and working outdoors has fantastic benefits for the health, “Our children’s time outdoors makes Following the dedication Heather’s wellbeing and learning of children for impressive results, cheerful son and daughter-in-law, Stuart and and their teachers. children and all-round achievers Nigora Humphrey, who were married at All Saints,” she said. “Outdoor at All Saints in June, each laid bunches “Outdoor learning is engaging, learning harnesses children’s of flowers on the seat in his mother’s collaborative and highly creative. natural curiosity. It keeps them memory. At All Saints, we plan carefully to enthused – excited to learn, keen to ensure all our children are immersed solve problems, thinking critically, The handsome bench, bearing a in creative challenges every day. communicating with each other, memorial plaque, stands at the top The opening of our new, all- building relationships and mastering of the churchyard over-looking the weather outdoor classroom enables persistence. church where Heather served as us to do this in beautiful natural priest from 2014 until her death in surroundings. It’s exciting and a real All are the building blocks for success February this year, aged 71. Beloved affirmation of our commitment to in education and, as the World by the whole community, including developing happy, well-balanced Economic Fund has stated, all will the personnel of the Frensham children. We were delighted to have be essential skills for careers in the Garden Centre, Heather continues to the opportunity to showcase our future.” be greatly mourned and sadly missed. vision and school with Mr Hunt. Our children thoroughly enjoyed meeting 2 service soon when the new green Everyone dressed up for the occasion Broadband cabinet that’s been installed near which was chaired by Richard Quirk, Improvements Hythe Cottage is brought online. By the Royal Marines original Corps beckon bringing the connection point closer Regimental Sergeant Major. He is to the village those already on a ‘VDSL’ service will see an improved speed. We are also assured that those The long promised ‘gainshare’ in the centre of the village who are (reinvestment of the rebate that still stuck on ‘ADSL’ services should Surrey County Council had from BT be able to order an improved ‘VDSL’ after a higher than expected take up service soon. of the first rollout of ‘VDSL’ services) improvements to the existing Unfortunately, all of these infrastructure in the village appear to improvements have slightly derailed be coming closer to completion. us looking at installing a ‘Fibre To The Home’ (‘FTTH’) solution for the village as a whole from a 3rd party internet company. Because half of also the Divisional Sergeant Major the village will soon have ‘FTTH’ responsible for a division of the available, installing fibres to every Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yoeman house in the village is no longer of the Guard. We were entertained commercially viable without us by a few short vignettes of local incurring a cost. So we now need to people from the great War along wait and see what position we are with, of course, a few embarrassing all in next year before looking at stories of some of the military men alternative solutions. in attendance. The evening was Thank you for your patience so far, finished off with the passing of the and sorry it’s going to take a little Port...to the left of course... and 100 longer to find a solution for everyone. years ago only by the gents! Funnily But we will get there. enough that rule was ignored! Thank you to The Barley Mow and to Mark Scoular, a local ex Royal Marine, for Armistice organising such a successful evening. Celebration Dinner Photographs: Richard Quirk We now have confirmation that everyone who is connected to the Runfold exchange (that’s everyone on Tilford Street from around Woodhill up) should be able to order a ‘Fibre To The Home’ product from your existing supplier in the next few weeks. BT have now installed fibres to the tops of the poles, and soon the connection between that fibre and November’s Barley Mow Wine your home will be possible. Club coincided with the Armistice celebrations so it was decided to host That will offer householders a a semi-regimented Black Tie Dinner 330mbps connection by changing to commemorate 100 years since products but without changing Armistice with a theme of wines and supplier. foods that might have been served at a mess dinner 100 years ago. The other half of the village (everyone on Tilford Road and across the bridge 30 local wine lovers and a few special slightly up Tilford Street) should be guests enjoyed delights such as rolled seeing improvements to their existing plaice with salmon mousseline with a dry Hungarian Tokaji, Beouf en croute with perfectly aged Claret, dessert and cheese with Sauternes and Port.