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BUCKLAND READING ROOM ACTIVITIES Monday 1 - 4pm Art Group David Burrells 01372 802602 4.15 - 5.15pm Rainbows Jane Stewart 842302 5.30 - 7pm Brownies Jane Stewart 842302 1st/3rd Mons 10am - 12 noon U3A Singing Meike Laurenson 248909 Tuesday 10am - 12 noon Tiny Tots Hazel Davies 07831 919788 2 - 5.15pm Tues. Bridge Club Richard Wheen 842082 Wednesday 10am - 12.30pm Bridge Class Richard Wheen 842082 7 - 9pm Mindfulness Mark Whale 07939 560125 Thursday 2 - 5.45pm Thur. Bridge Club Richard Wheen 842082 7 - 8.30pm Yoga Tilly Mitchell 843297 2nd Saturday 1.30 - 5.30pm Sugar Guild Karen Hoad 844267 OTHER VILLAGE CONTACTS Bell Ringers (practice Friday evenings) David Sayce 242776 Betchworth & Buckland Children’s Nursery Mandy Creasey 843610 Betchworth & Buckland Society (secretary) Iain Laurenson 248909 Betchworth Decorative & Fine Arts Society Ian Caldwell 01306 882178 Betchworth Operatic & Dramatic Society Pam Patch 844138 British Legion Derek Holgate 842654 Brockham Green Horticultural Society Jane Siegle 844496 Brockham Surgery/Chemist 843259/842175 Buckland & Betchworth Choral Soc. (secretary) Vanessa Sadler 844059 Buckland Parochial Charity (clerk) Ianthe Cox 843105 Buckland Parish Council (clerk) Sheena Boyce 448023 Buckland Village Shop Janine Lindsey-Jones 845999 Children’s Society Margaret Miller 842098 Family Activities for Betchworth & Buckland Catriona Martin 07710 498591 Girl Guides contact Madeline Rietchel 843782 North Downs Primary School Jane Douglass 843211 One World Group Dr Jim Docking 843260 Reading Room - Chairman Ken Caldwell 843893 - Treasurer Veronica Burville 843455 - Secretary Liz Vahey 221444 - Bookings Doreen Dart 842670 Reigate Pilgrims Cricket Club Julian Steed 842220 St. Catherine’s Hospice Sheila Dyer 842046 Surrey Police - non-urgent 101 Women’s Institute Rhona Hill 843044 Websites: Church: www.stmarythevirginbuckland.net; Village: www.bucklandsurrey.net 40 1 Printed by Vincent Press Ltd. 01306 880177 [email protected] SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, BUCKLAND Rector The Revd. Carol Coslett (842102). E-mail: [email protected] April 2016: Issue No. 1081 Priest in The Revd. Canon David Eaton, Two Way House, Wheelers Lane, Articles for the May 2016 issue must be with the Editor by Sunday Retirement Brockham RH3 7LA (843915).Email: [email protected] 10th April, please. No acknowledgement of items for the magazine will 10 Apr Reader His Honour Peter Slot, The Red House, Old Reigate Road, be sent (unless submitted by email). Betchworth RH3 7DR (842010). Email: [email protected] Editorial The editor reserves the right to shorten or omit articles Ordinand Helen Burnett, 24 Flanchford Road, Reigate RH2 8AB (243606). submitted for publication or, where appropriate, to publish them the following in training Email: [email protected] month. Views expressed in this magazine are those of the contributor and are not Church- David Sayce, 48 Park Lane East, Reigate RH2 8HR (242776) necessarily shared by the editor or other church staff. wardens (+ Bell Captain). Email: [email protected] Mrs Elizabeth Vahey, 126 Sandcross Lane, Reigate RH2 8HG Contact details This magazine is published by St. Mary’s Church, Buckland and (221444) (+ electoral register). Email: [email protected] contains personal data such as names and contact details which may be of use to readers of the magazine. In agreeing to the publication of their personal data in the Parish Mrs Melanie Marsh. Parish Office in Reading Room (845935). magazine, such persons also consent to this information being posted on the Admin. Email: [email protected] Church’s website, www.stmarythevirginbuckland.net. Please let the editor know if Hon. Trevor Cooke, Clifton Cottage, Cliftons Lane, Reigate RH2 9RA any of the information on the inside front cover or the back of the magazine is wrong Treasurer (245161). Email: [email protected] or needs to be updated, or if you do not want any of your contact details to be given in the magazine. Also, if there are any other village contacts who would like to Hon. Mrs Rosey Davy. Email: [email protected] appear on the back page or elsewhere in the magazine, please send details to the Secretary editor. Organist Melvin Hughes, Ashcroft, 10 Ridgegate Close, Reigate RH2 0HT (241355). Email: [email protected] HISTORICAL NOTES Safeguarding Ms Hannah Wilson, 56 Churchfield Road, Reigate RH2 9RH Officer (248984). Email: [email protected] Buckland (then Bochelant) was mentioned in the Domesday Book as a village of 35 Magazine Richard Wheen, The Grange, Rectory Lane, Buckland RH3 7BH households, a church and a watermill. These days it is a picturesque village covering - Editor (842082). Email: [email protected] 1362 acres, with a total population of around 580 in 240 households. It straddles the A25 and the Guildford to Redhill Railway. The parish registers date back to 1560, - Finance Bernard Hawkins, 57 Middle Street, Brockham RH3 7JT (843153). Email: [email protected] and the first recorded vicar to 1308. The present church is thought to have been built in 1380, and was extensively refurbished in 1860. The church has six bells, still - Advertising Karen Munroe, Broome Perrow, Old Road, Buckland RH3 7DY regularly rung, and an unusual wooden spire. Some of the windows date from the (845298). Email: [email protected] 14th and 15th centuries. The window nearest the font suffered heavy damage from an enemy bomb in 1941. The glass was then removed and lost, until the 600 Church Brasses: Sue Haynes (842613). Flowers: Jean Cooke (245161). separate pieces were rediscovered in the Rectory cellar 52 years later, wrapped in Rotas Other: Philip Haynes (842613) newspaper. The window was restored in 1994, though part of it now forms the light- Churchyard Carol Leeds, Flat 1, 4 Hardwicke Road, Reigate RH2 9AG (247399). box at the West end of the church. Rose Beds Email: [email protected] Buckland is in the Diocese of Southwark (Bishop: The Rt. Revd. Christopher Friends of St Roger Daniell, Chairman. Richard Wheen, secretary; details as Chessun) and the Area of Croydon (Area Bishop: The Rt. Revd. Jonathan Clark). Mary’s above 2 39 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON PREVIOUS PAGES This month’s easier SUDOKU Last month’s harder SUDOKU 4 5 2 8 3 1 9 7 6 44 55 33 66 88 99 22 11 77 6 9 8 5 7 2 3 4 1 11 88 66 77 22 55 44 99 33 3 7 1 9 4 6 8 2 5 99 77 22 11 33 44 88 66 55 7 1 5 2 9 6 3 4 8 5 3 9 1 6 7 4 8 2 7 1 5 2 9 6 3 4 8 “There and Back again!” 8 1 7 2 8 4 6 5 3 22 44 88 33 55 11 66 77 99 14 years ago I bought a young boy of 8 a tiny model of Bilbo Baggins from The 2 6 4 3 5 8 1 9 7 66 33 99 44 77 88 55 22 11 Hobbit. It was while we were up in Oxford, home of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the seed was sown, but never did I imagine that as we moved into different clergy houses that 7 8 3 4 1 5 2 6 9 88 66 77 99 45 34 11 55 22 we would also be moving an increasingly larger landscape of “Tolkien’s Middle 9 4 5 6 2 3 7 1 8 55 22 11 88 66 77 99 33 44 Earth”. Our garages have never had room for a car but has anyone’s?! 1 2 6 7 8 9 5 3 4 33 99 44 55 11 22 77 88 66 These models are going to be on show on 9th April in the Reading Room between 10 – 4pm (details later in the magazine). For me these models capture the adventure of BRIDGE Tolkien’s imaginary land and bring the whole understanding of the books to new levels. The books are brought to life by recreating the characters and the scenery North leads a ♠ for South to ruff, and South returns a small ♣ to North’s ♣K. North within which they lived out their lives. The stories are retold, reread, their meanings now leads ♥5. East cannot afford to throw a ♣ or a ♦ on this (otherwise discussed, the symbolism explored, their theology unwrapped. Of course many of he immediately sets up a further minor suit winner for South), so he you will have read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and many more of you throws his ♠ and South throws his small ♣. North now plays his ♦ to will have seen the films and even perhaps enjoyed a performance of The Hobbit on East’s ♦A, and East now has to return a ♣ to South’s minor suit winners. stage. The stories certainly capture our inner desires and quest for understanding something greater than ourselves. CROSSWORD For Bilbo, his adventure leads him on a quest to restore some treasure to its rightful ACROSS: 8, Transgressors. 9, Out. 10, Ephesians. 11, Throb. 13, Ramadan. 16, Nearest. owners and which results in him possessing “The Ring” with its magical qualities. It 19, Neath. 22, Childless. 24, Ant. 25, Excommunicate. is described as “my precious” by Gollom, but its magic is tainted with evil and in the wrong hands (Sauron’s) it could lead to the destruction of freedom and all that is DOWN: 1, Utmost. 2, Easter. 3, Assemble. 4, Archer. 5, Isis. 6, To hand. good, loved and valued. 7, As a son. 12, Hoe. 14, Monastic. 15, Apt. 16, Nuclei. 17, A piece. W 18, Tied up. 20, Ararat. 21, Hatred. 23, Dome. C R O S S Frodo Baggins has the task of ensuring this does not happen and sets out on a quest to restore justice and peace.