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2014 Guide to Local Organisations and Services for Compton Village Website: Keep This Guide in a Conve 2014 GUIDE TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND SERVICES FOR COMPTON VILLAGE WEBSITE: www.compton -surrey.co.uk KEEP THIS GUIDE IN A CONVENIENT PLACE All telephone numbers are 01483 unless otherwise indicated Names of commercial organisations or services appearing on this guide do not indicate a recommendation, purely a useful service. Produced by Compton Village Association. Further copies obtainable from Jane Turner, 01483 810789, [email protected] PARISH COUNCIL COUNCILLOR - COUNTY David Haskins, Tel: 810441, [email protected] (Chairman) George Johnson. Tel: 01483 846695; 07737 728805; Karen Stevens, Tel: 578919 (Vice-Chairman) 01483 531229 (SCC). [email protected] Fiona Curtis, Tel: 812181 DENTIST Peter Graham, Tel: 426395 IOSIS Dental Clinic, 52 Binscombe Crescent. Tel: 429435 James Parsons, Tel: 810314 DOCTORS Kanak Patel, Tel: 810743 Binscombe: Tel: 415900. Vacancy Mill Practice, Godalming: Tel: 239903 (Formerly The Square) Clerk: Joanna Cadman. Runbeams Cottage, Ewhurst Green, HOSPITALS Nr Cranleigh GU6 7RR. Tel: 01483 268627, 07711 Royal Surrey County Tel: 571122. Nuffield Tel: 555800 566458. [email protected] Farnham Road Tel: 443535. Mt Alvernia Tel: 570122 VILLAGE ASSOCIATION HOSPITAL HOPPA – Tel: 01428 681701, 8.30am to 4pm Chairman: David Crick, 2 Angel Court, Eastbury Lane, www.hoppa.org.uk Tel: 810532 MP FOR GUILDFORD Secretary: Jane Turner, Tel: 810789 Anne Milton, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA, Treasurer: Ken Miller, Tel: 810522 Tel: 020 7219 8392, or Village Website: Fiona Curtis, Tel: 812181 Guildford Conservatives, Unit 17A, Home Farm, Compton NEWS Editor: Jane Turner, Inwood House, Loseley Park, Guildford GU3 1HS. Tel: 300330; [email protected] or [email protected] Hog’s Back, Farnham GU10 1HE. Tel: 810789. POLICE – Safer Neighbourhood Team, Surrey Police, [email protected]. News for inclusion should be th P.O. Box 101, Guildford GU1 9PE. Tel: 101. sent not later than 20 of previous month [email protected] VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Neighbourhood Specialist Officer: Ryan Stephens, Ext 32690 Chairman: Richard Paxton, Tel: 415390 PCSOs: Linda Cleary and Damon Young Secretary & Bookings: Sarah Baskerville, Tel: 427405 Email for both: [email protected] Treasurer: David Baskerville, Tel: 427405 Website: www.surrey.police.uk St NICHOLAS CHURCH OFFICIALS POLITICAL PARTIES Rector: Rev Caroline Burnett. Tel: 810148 Conservative: Jill Eyles, Tel: 422325 Secretary: Liza Gane, Tel: 810009 (Tues, Fri a.m.) Labour: Florence Flynn, Tel: 502324 [email protected] Liberal Democrats: Sue Doughty, Tel: 306000 Churchwarden: RED CROSS – Medical equipment loan, Wey Court, Meadrow, Michael Chastell, Tel: 568851 Godalming, Tel: 08444 122786 Hon Secretary: Sarah Baskerville, Tel: 427405 RESIDENTIAL / NURSING HOMES Hon Treasurer: Linda Chastell, Tel: 568851 Eastbury Manor, Tel: 810346. Pilgrim Wood, Tel: 573111 Organist: Nick Winford, Tel: 07966 971461 Puttenham Hill, Tel: 810628. Robertson, Tel: 421033 Bell Captain: Phil Gorton, Tel: 420763 SCHOOLS CHURCH SERVICES Broadwater, Tel: 414516/414517/414518 Anglican: Godalming College, Tel: 423526 St Nicholas, Compton – see above Loseley Fields Primary, Tel: 416477 Roman Catholic: Prior’s Field, Tel: 810551. Puttenham First, Tel: 810317. St Edmund’s, Godalming (Parish Church); Shackleford Primary, Tel: 414749 St Joseph’s, Milford; St John’s, Farncombe (Services) TAXIS Telephone Godalming Presbytery, 416880 Barry Brennan, Tel: 422038 & 07831 457375 (inc. airports) United: (Methodist & United Reformed) Paul Edwards, Tel: 422138 (inc. airports) Godalming, Tel: 414709 Speedwell, Tel: 423333/423944 PARISH MAGAZINE VETS Editor: Christopher Bell, Tel: 810257. Farncombe Veterinary Surgery, 24 St John’s Street, Tel: 421833 [email protected] Godalming Veterinary Surgery, Old Auction Mart, Copy for inclusion should be sent not later than Station Approach, Godalming. Tel: 422644 the 10th of the previous month Greyfriars Equine Unit, Hog’s Back. Tel: 811088 Advertising: Ian & Katie Wattridge, Tel: 422322 Milford Veterinary Hospital, 37 New Road. Tel: 414747 [email protected] Pet Doctors, 67 Meadrow, Godalming. Tel: 421102 Vale Veterinary Centre, 153 Ash Hill Road. Tel: 01252 337310 Treasurers: Ian & Katie Wattridge, as above BUSES ‘COMPO’ COMMUNITY BUS - WEEKLY SHOPPING RUN No. 46 between Guildford and Godalming via Compton. Tuesdays to Godalming: 9.30am from Compton. Drop off at Timetable enquiries, Tel: 08712 002233 Sainsbury’s, the High Street and Waitrose. Return to Compton at approx. 12 noon. COUNCILLORS - BOROUGH Note: This scheduled shopping service includes pick-up and Neil Ward, Tel: 07885 912212. [email protected] return to homes. No charge for Senior Citizens holding Bus James Palmer, Tel: 07919 362404 Passes. £3.25 single fare for others. Phone Margaret Benwell on [email protected] 810791 to use this shopping run. p.t.o. ACCOUNTANTS GARDEN SERVICES Richard Purcell, Normandy. Tel: 07796 535729 Fergus Elder, Tel: 01403 820399 Carol Stevens, Shipleys LLP, Chartered Accountants, GIFT SHOP Godalming. Tel: 423607 KD Fine Art, Old Pottery, Down Lane. Tel: 811344 ALLOTMENTS 10.30am-5.30pm every day David Haskins, Tel: 810441 HAIRDRESSERS AMATEUR DRAMATICS Headmasters, Farncombe Street, Tel: 422963 Compton Little Theatre: Gillian Walker, Tel: 07711 017098 Men: ART, Bridge Street, Godalming, Tel: 417587 ANTIQUES R.I. Brown, St John’s Street, Farncombe, Tel: 421353 Country Rustics, Items for sale & house clearance. LAUNDERETTE Veronica Dewey, Tel: 810505. Ecowash, self-service, 1 Station Place, Farncombe. Tel: 415149. 10am-5pm Tues-Sat; 1pm-4pm Sun. 7.30am to 8.30pm daily except Christmas Day Old Barn Antique Centre, Tel: 810819 LAUNDRY 10am-4pm, Monday to Saturday White Knight door2door, 73 Horsell Moor, Woking. Tel: 762567 Antique & Art Valuations: Probate, Insurance, Sale. Home collection and delivery. David Ford, Tel: 301847 and 07770 687553 LOSELEY PARK – Civil Wedding Ceremonies & Receptions, ART private & corporate functions, ground hire for public events. Classes: David Crick, Tel: 810532 Tel: 405112. [email protected] Sheila Corby, Tel: 07814 364305 www.loseleypark.co.uk For sale: Mary Wondrausch, The Pottery, Brickfields NADFAS (National Association of Decorative & Fine Art Societies) BAKER Shalford branch: Angela Bray, Tel: 424952 Hillyers, Farncombe Street, Tel: 423611. 7.30am-3.30pm NEWSAGENT for deliveries - Hillyers, Bourne Road, Tel: 416656. 7.30am-3pm Simrans, Farncombe, Tel: 422373. BED & BREAKFAST Mon-Fri 5.30am-8pm, Sat 5.30am-7pm, Sun 5.30am-1pm Eashing: Gillian & David Swinburn, Tel: 421436 NURSERY GARDEN – Plants, Shrubs, Firewood BELL RINGING Compton Nursery (Morris & Stevens), Tel: 811387 Phil Gorton, Tel: 420763 PEST CONTROL – David Hill, Tel: 07527 251519 BUILDER & BRICKWORK PIANO TUNER John Benson, B&N Brickwork. Tel: 811818 Gary Payne, Key Piano Services. 01276 609954; 07785 545620; [email protected] BUTCHER - meat and produce from local farmers C.H. Wakeling, incorporating COUNTRY COOKS, POST OFFICE Simrans, Farncombe, Tel: 422373. 41 Farncombe Street. Tel: 417557. Closed Monday CATERING Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm, Sat 9am-12.30pm PUBS Harrow, Tel: 810594. Withies, Tel: 421158 Leone Palmer, Tel: 810422 CEMETERY PUCK’S OAK BARN To book, call Surrey Wildlife Trust, Tel: 795440 Contact Joanna Cadman, Clerk to Parish Council (overleaf) CHEMIST RESTAURANTS – and Take Away Farncombe Tandoori, Farncombe Street, Tel: 423131 Local Boots Pharmacy, Farncombe, Tel: 416115 Mon-Fri 9am-6pm . Sat 9am-1pm Rajasthan, Long Gore, Farncombe, Tel: 419333 COMPTON CLUB (previously Compton Village RBL Club) ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, Compton Branch Steward: Mags Allerton, Tel: 810268 Secretary: Marion Godbold, Tel: 810268 Open evenings and by arrangement at other times SCOUTS COMPTON NEWS For details of local Scout Groups, contact Neil Wibberley, Jane Turner – see Village Association entry (overleaf) [email protected] COMPUTER PROBLEMS? (including MACs) SHOPS Costcutter, Green Lane, Farncombe, Tel: 423257 Smile IT, John Clifton, Tel: 01252 657737 Open Mon-Sat 6am-11pm. Sun 7am-10.30pm DANCE CLUB - Normandy Village Hall Co-op, St John’s Street, Farncombe, Tel: 416948 Monday 1.45pm-4.15pm – Old Time Open every day 7am-10pm Wednesday 8pm-10.30pm - Sequence Dancing NISA Local (formerly Cranfields), Binscombe, Tel: 421264 (May to September) Open every day 6am-9pm Contact Richard Purcell, Tel: 07796 535729 Simrams, Farncombe. Tel: 422373 DRY CLEANING Mon-Fri 5.30am-8pm, Sat 5.30am-7pm, Sun 5.30am-1pm Simrans, Farncombe. Tel: 422373 (Trend) TAXATION ADVISOR White Knight door2door, Woking, Tel: 762567 Richard Purcell, Normandy. Tel: 07796 535729 Home collection and delivery. TEA SHOP at Watts Gallery, Down Lane FIRST AID – courses Tel: 813590. Open 10.30am-5pm Tuesday to Sunday. Claire Pace, HSE Trainer, Tel: 546008 Last orders 4.45pm. Closed Monday except Bank Holidays FLORIST WATTS GALLERY – Tel: 810235. Abbey Flowers, Tel: 429339. [email protected] Director: Perdita Hunt. Curator: Nick Tromans. Assistant Open Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm; Sat 8.30am-1pm Curator: Rhian Addison. Curatorial Fellow: Chloe Kroeter FLY TIPPING – To report phone Guildford Borough Council, Gallery open Tues to Sun 11am-5pm Tel: 444499, email [email protected] Visitor Centre open Tues to Sun 10.45am-5.15pm FRAMING Both closed Monday except Bank Holidays. KD Fine Art, Old Pottery, Down Lane. Tel: 811344 WINDOW CLEANER 10.30am-5.30pm every day. Clyde Rafferty. [email protected] GARAGES Tel: 07760 162706 AutoTek Service & Repairs, Wanborough Common YOGA (Jackson’s Corner). Tel: 811163 Sandra Billinge (Satya Yoga), Tel: 419601 Station Garage, Farncombe, Tel: 417743/417744. Repairs, servicing & MOT GARDEN CLUB (Puttenham & Wanborough) 08/14 Maggie Forwood, Tel: 813855 .
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