PARISH MAGAZINE St Michael & All Angels

NOVEMBER 2020 60P

Village Diary 6 Thursley Climate Action 20 Editorial 7 Village Hall Update 22 Church Services 8 Christmas Fair 23 Advent Sunday Service 9 Macmillan Coffee Morning 24 Remembrance 2020 10 Life on the Farm 26 Church Letter 11 Coronavirus App 29 Parish Council Update 12 Give it a Grow 30 History Society Report 13 Interview with Tony Kelly 32 Friends of the Common 14 Lizzie Young 34 Horts Society 15 Recycling Update 36 Neighbourhood Watch 16 Thursley Tree Initiative 37 New Borough Commander 17 WI 38 Lutyens & Cenotaph 18 Clockhouse News 39

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CHURCH: ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS HELP IN THURSLEY Rachel Young Chaia: Via: Fitness Red Haah Mooe Daid YOUNG .

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Assoiate Miiste: Pete HUNTER Pilates & F.I.T. Classes Red Delia Oe petehute@toet.o Thursley Village Hall delia.oe@titeet.o THURSLEY CLUB Monday evenings Seeta: Chuhades: Joe HALL One to one PT sessions Hila BARR THURSLEY CRCKET CLUB (or small groups) also available a@asofthusle.plus.o

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PARISH MAGAZINE je.else@aele.go.uk Edito: Daid ELSE daid.else@aele.go.uk Tiia HORWOOD tiia@hoood.og LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT Adetisig: Rt Ho Jee HUNT Jae HEPBURN hutj@paliaet.uk

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Thursley Common covers a very significant area – and it is often difficult for visitors and locals to identify exactly where they are on it. Accidents – and fires – do occur and valuable time can be saved if the caller can identify exactly where the incident is.

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By providing these three words to the emergency services, you might just be able to save some vital minutes.

VILLAGE DIARY FOR NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

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PLEASE NOTE DEADLINE OF TH NOVEMBER FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES TO THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF THURSLEY PARISH MAGAZINE. EDITOR: Tiia HORWOOD, Thusle House, De House Road, Thusle, Sue GU QD. Tel: E-ail: tiia@hoood.og. ADVERTISING MANAGER: Jae HEPBURN Tel: Eail: hepujae@hotail.o DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Je GORDON Tel: Eail: godoj@titeet.o Coe: Paish Field, Josh STEAD.

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Want to volunteer? We welcome volunteers to support the running of the centre and we can always find an appropriate job to suit you. We need Some of them never come home to fanfares, reserve minibus drivers for our two 16-seater minibuses. Let us know if you they dump their kitbags down at the door, might be able to help. kiss their wives and let their children Please contact us on 01483 420668 or look at www.clockhouse.org.uk wrestle them down to the kitchen floor, Registered Charity No: switch the telly on, pour out a whiskey, search for the local football score.

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REMEMBRANCE 2020

Bojou, Je appelle Valéie, Under normal circumstances we would be looking forward to filling the church and then gathering around the war memorial. Of I a a Feh atie speake, ith tutoig epeiee, course, we cannot hold our Remembrance services in this way this ho a offe piate lessos. year. What can we do? Whethe ou eed tailoed lessos to ahiee speifi ojeties We can create a poppy and place it in St Michael’s and All Angels GCSE, AS/A leel, oig to Fae o ou just at to patie ou Churchyard in the week leading up to Remembrance Sunday as Feh oe a up of offee, feel fee to otat e. part of the Creative Remembrance.

We can colour in a poppy or stick up a poppy and write the name of one of the soldiers named on the Thursley war memorial and Please all: place it in our windows. O eail: feisaleie@aol.o

We can join, from home, in the National Remembrance from the A ietôt. Cenotaph.

We can attend the Remembrance Service at St Michael’s and All Angels on Sunday 8th November at 10.15. COME AND JOIN CHORAL SOCIETY Capacity is limited due to Covid, you will need to book to attend via the following booking number: on TUESDAY 10th JANUARY 2017

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After the service, those attending will be walking to the memorial HAYDN : THE CREATION to lay a wreath. This will be conducted in line with the current We meet at 7.30pm in all new Wilfrid Noyce Centre, Crown Court, Go- guidance and those participating are doing so at their own risk. dalming, GU7 1DY. If you enjoy singing and would like to join a pro-

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THURSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Beaconhill Cleaners B Jaes Medelssoh Est 1968

Beaconhill Cleaners Despite COVID-19 and Brexit Waverley residents. At a time when we dominating the headlines over recent are all being encouraged not to travel Beaconhill Road, , Surrey GU26 6QJ months, the climate emergency remains unnecessarily, and to take exercise 01428606486/07779166161 a critical issue. At our October meeting, locally, there is no logic to delaying Specialist the Parish Council unanimously agreed support to the proposed scheme, to support the motion put forward by the particularly when we had been told at a • Capet ad Upholste Cleaig Thursley Climate and Sustainability pre-application meeting with Waverley • Cutai Cleaig Group, which outlines Thursley’s that it ticked all the boxes. We have now • Fee Take Do & Re-hagig seie response under the three headings of proposed alternative solutions for Climate Science, Biodiversity and Net Waverley to consider – and await their • Sae Da D Cleaig Zero emissions. response. • Shits Washed & Ioed • The Council decided that it was Talking of the fire, one of the key points Quilts Washed & Died unacceptable not to confront the issue, to emerge from the debrief that followed • Wash, D & Fold Seie just because of the limited impact that a it was that there should be improved • Fee Colletio & Delie small village like Thursley can make communications from Waverley to • Mothl Aouts Weloe within the global context. We all need to Parish Councils during a major incident. take responsibility – and if every Three months on, we have not heard www.beaconhi llcleaners.co.uk individual makes just a small change to from Waverley as to how they would like beaconh ill@b lueyonder.co.uk their approach to the climate to do this. We have therefore produced emergency, then the aggregated our own contact list of Parish A family run business with 50 years of experience benefits of such changes become Councillors, and those responsible for significant. Please read John Swift’s the Village Hall, the Cricket Pavilion and article elsewhere in this magazine. the Church, so that on request we can provide whatever support is deemed As a Parish Council, we are becoming appropriate by the emergency services increasingly frustrated with the lack of in the event of another major incident. support that we seem to be getting from This list is being distributed to Surrey Waverley Borough Council (WBC), CC, WBC, Surrey Fire and Rescue and despite the best efforts of our Ward the Police. Councillors, David and Jenny Else. Working with Elstead PC and Natural With winter rapidly approaching, we are England, we are anxious to begin work concerned to minimise the risk of power, restoring the boardwalks after the fire on phone and broadband outages caused the Common earlier in the summer. We by falling trees. Nature will always be worked hard to put in a detailed nature and some problems cannot be application for Community Infrastructure anticipated. However, I would ask that Levy funding in mid-September, only to all landowners make themselves aware be told after the deadline had passed of power and phone lines crossing their that Waverley had taken a unilateral land, and ensuring that any nearby and decision to extend the deadline until the precarious trees are dealt with before a end of January in the hope of attracting problem occurs. more applications. The November Parish Council meeting We feel that this is wrong and short- will take place on Monday 2 November sighted on a number of fronts. Apart at 7.00 pm. from anything else, Thursley Common is a major asset enjoyed by many

REPORT FROM CHAIRMAN OF THURSLEY HISTORY SOCIETY Piano/Keyboard/Organ B Atho Lagdale Lessons Normally we would be gathering for the Society’s AGM this November, followed Beginners welcome by a film from Circle . Unfortunately this is impossible this year so I am writing this to let everyone know what we have Robert Goldfinch been doing as a Society and our future (LGSM & ALCM) plans.

Saddest news – Michael O’Brien has Call 01252 705151 decided that the time has come to step aside. In the past, Chairman, Vice- [email protected] Chairman and Committee member for many years – How we shall miss him, but

luckily he is happy to continue to give us

advice and knowledge.

Since our last AGM at which we saw a film of Guildford in the Great War on th November not much has happened because of the Covid-

restrictions. However, all committee ENGLISH TUTOR members are busily preparing for the Dianne Butler th part in both Wars. We are hoping to have BA (Hons), PGCE, PGC Exhibition of VE Day May th this ready in the Spring of . which we were to hold on May . With over 15 years of experience, I offer expert tuition and exam preparation for This couldn’t happen and so we are In the meantime, all our plans for this Year 9 - 13 students in English Literature proposing to hold it as soon as we are year will now take place as soon as we and English Language. allowed in . We have been are able; Walk and Talk about the I am able to: incredibly lucky to have been granted Atlantic Wall and Talk on Tweedsmuir • identify & fill gaps in subject funds from the Armed Forces Covenant Camp. knowledge Fund Trust with the idea that those of I’ll draw to a close now and look forward • develop analytical & essay writing Thursley will be able to see what skills to meeting everyone again next year. If contribution our village made to the war • offer GCSE support & exam strategies you have any ideas or comments please effort. We are also producing a booklet • offer A Level support & exam contact us – details below. strategies about residents of Thursley who took • offer advice & guidance on personal statements for UCAS applications Chaia: Atho Lagdale • carry out mock Oxbridge interviews. heathhallfa@titeet.o Please feel free to give me a call or Seeta: Jakie RICKENBERG email to discuss how I can help you, your son or daughter fulfil that potential. jakieikeeg@gail.o Teasue: Rihad BATES 07771 527729 [email protected] Ahiist: Ti WALSH

FRIENDS OF THURSLEY COMMON NEWS FROM THE CLOCKHOUSE B Ala Froggatt B Rahel Bra

Formation and Role of ‘FRIENDS OF As you may be aware we closed The to come to The Clockhouse should call THURSLEY COMMON’ th Clockhouse on March due to the first as we need to limit After a rain-sodden start to October, it Covid- pandemic to protect our staff, the number of people in the building in might be easy to forget that only five volunteers and regular attendees. For line with guidelines. months ago Thursley Common suffered a devastating fire, for the second time the last few weeks we have been Our chef, David, who has been this century. With climate change running Hairdresser and Foot Clinic furloughed, will be back preparing his accelerating and an increase in people sessions as well as a Pop up Café and delicious meals. However we will be using open spaces due to the Covid-19 Charity Shop. Some of our volunteers outbreak, we can only expect risks to running a café/restaurant with our precious Common to increase. and regular visitors have enjoyed staggered meal bookings where you can coming in to make use of these facilities. As a result a small group of us: Dianne either enjoy a cooked lunch or a snack Butler, Fiona Stewart, Neil Baker and These are difficult times for everyone with all food prepared to order. Tables myself, were asked in July to identify and we know how important it is for need to be booked and it will be table what we could do to help Natural people to be able to socialise in a safe service only. Face masks must be worn England protect the Common, in the also to enhance the enjoyment and environment. Following a recent until seated at your table and, whilst the knowledge that over 140 local people safety of visitors to the area. planning meeting we are hoping to re virus is still prevalent, movement had expressed a wish to help and over £40,000 had been raised by the Volunteers to Friends of Thursley open, all being well, initially on between tables is not allowed. Common will participate initially in a ‘Preserve the Reserve’ initiative. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays We are still in discussion re the use of Michelle de Vries, Thursley Parish wardening scheme with two key from th or maybe th November Councillor holding a brief for the objectives: our lounge but hopefully will be .am to pm. We will be welcoming organising some small group activities Common, has since joined the group. Throughout the year, they will be tasked rd Since July we have been consulting with our new manager on November who but these must all be with social with looking out for risks or will be ably assisted by our activities co- Natural England, Surrey Fire Service inappropriate use of the reserve. A rota distancing. and other groups running wardening ordinator Elvina and our wonderful by which Friends conduct this Paula will be restarting her Better schemes in other parts of the country. monitoring will be employed and, as far volunteers who have been helping to Balance sessions with two groups on It is evident from our research that an as possible, will echo each person’s run the premises since early July. Of officious approach to visitors, together natural usage of the area and a survey course all these plans may be put on Wednesday mornings. Numbers will be with a proliferation of ‘Do Not’ notices, will be undertaken to assist in preparing hold if we are advised to do so by the limited to people per session to has been unsuccessful elsewhere. a rota. enable adequate social distancing. Government or Local Authority. Rather, a ‘soft’ discussion informing, Regular visitors to the Reserve can assisting and steering them has been We have put in place several protocols If you wish to find out more about what readily assist in this way, including dog is happening at The Clockhouse please found much more successful, alongside walkers, horse riders and cyclists. to keep everyone safe so it will be a making sure visitors know what to do if a different experience. On entering the visit www.clockhouse.org.uk or call fire or other emergency arises. Natural During the summer months (April- . England wardens at Chobham have told September), Friends will work more building all visitors must wear a face us that the mere fact visitors are intensively to greet visitors to the mask, hand sanitise at reception, have As always we are looking for more meeting someone who cares about the Common, most likely at the Moat Car their temperature checked if over . volunteers to help either at reception, in Common can easily influence Park, to guide, encourage and advise degrees Celsius you will be advised to the dining room or to help transport visitors how best to enjoy the Common behaviours. people. If you have a spare couple of and what to do if fire or other return home and give their name and The role of Friends of Thursley Common emergencies arise. This activity will be contact details for the government hours please get in touch. will be to support James Giles and most intense during school holidays, track and trace. Those details will be Natural England in protecting the weekends and especially dry periods. National Nature Reserve from risks but kept securely at The Clockhouse for days. We request that anyone wishing For this purpose, Friends will sign up as YOU CAN HELP US ELSTEAD WI volunteers to Natural England. Briefing B Bett Moo If you signed up to the WhatsApp, you and a half day of training for this phase will receive a message from us asking of activity will be led by Natural England you about your use of the Common and and will be targeted for March 2021. your willingness to participate in our REPORT OF ZOOM MEETING HELD his travels and his current work with Natural England have also committed to wardening scheme. ON 1 OCTOBER 2020 Surrey police. Sight for Surrey help provide ongoing support and feedback

to our group. people with sensory impairment – If you didn’t sign up to the WhatsApp but Nineteen members were able to join vision, hearing and multiple us by Zoom for our October meeting, From this activity, we hope that further would still like to volunteer, please e-mail disabilities. They have a great ideas to protect and enhance the [email protected] hosted by President Hilary Pettman. programme for children, helping reserve will emerge. Much of the initial quoting your mobile phone number, and Apologies came from Kate Rennison them to learn how to get around and £40,000 will be committed to restoring we will send an identical message. and Chris Young. do activities that were a natural part the boardwalks and no doubt more The larger the group of volunteers we

of life for sighted people. They funds will be needed along the way. can assemble the more we can spread Hilary welcomed members, and support adults who develop sight or In addition, we are exploring ideas for the load between us, add protection to caught up with some members’ news. hearing loss, with lots of assisted using social media to share information our lovely Common and enhance our She suggested that we could have between Friends of Thursley Common own enjoyment of it. technology and education Zoom buddies and invite those who volunteers and visitors on which we will programmes. Thank you for reading this far and we are not able to access Zoom to their update you in due course. hope to hear from you soon. house to enjoy the meeting, as some As an undergraduate, Callum had people had done today. She thanked travelled alone around South America Cecilia for her excellent quizzes, and partly to improve his Spanish. He THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY would to circulate a new one on relied on guides, some of whom B Joh Guer Flowers. The walking group had a found it very difficult to know how to lovely walk in a group of less than 6 relate to a blind person, but others on Thursley Common. The Art Group, were very good. He even walked the welcome offers of assistance whether which was a larger class, had decided Inca Trail in 3 days (he did not stop large or small. to operate independently of the WI. to admire the views!) and now acts a We will be selling some plants at the consultant for the tour company As we could not meet in person this Village Hall Christmas Fair and also when they have disabled clients. He year, we would hold our Annual there will be membership cards worked for Sight for Surrey for some Meeting by post and send out the available for use from 1st January time after graduating but currently is when we hope that all our minds will papers to members early in October. a diversity officer for Surrey police – be turning to prospects for a better We were working closely with a whole new challenge! His talk was year ahead. The annual subscription WI, and they would act as our tellers, is unchanged at £7 per person. Our and vice versa. Betty asked if anyone insightful and inspiring. Jo thanked Flower Shows are scheduled for could remember ordering the new him warmly. March 27th and September 4th.

SFWI badges back in February? Jane Hilary looked forward to the day Innovation has been essential Randell now had them – three were when we could meet in person – in Our AGM scheduled for November throughout this year and in that spirit claimed but we still have several the meantime we would keep in has been postponed and we will issue our recent committee meeting was unaccounted for! touch on the phone and our next further notice on that in due course, held throughout a stroll around but if you have suggestions or ideas Hankley Common with one Labrador Zoom meeting would be on 5 For the first time we had a Zoom for our 2021 programme please do let as an honorary member. The clean November when the Rev Hannah speaker. Our planned speaker was on us have them. We are in the process air, the wide green space and the Moore would be talking about her holiday, so instead we had Callum of reviewing our shows and other company proved to be extremely childhood in S Africa. events. We also need more help to inspirational and is highly Russell, who had been born without enable to us carry on with our Flower recommended. sight, to talk about Sight for Surrey, Shows and Plant Sale and would

THURSLEY NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH REPORT those fallen leaves. Simply fill interested. We also have a B Jakie Malto large plastic sacks with damp compost heap so I have never had leaves, pierce a few times to let in to use our food waste caddy.

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LUTYENS’ CENOTAPH & HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD If Id gotte oud to it. Whe the though ed of ea eas ad B Jakie Rikeerg fro the arhies of the Histor Soiet pause utto o life as pushed i uiesit fials, ad thei fathe Mah, I elieed o lokdo gadeed, DIYd ad zooed like a This month we continue with the theme of a catafalque, a low empty platform, but it was sile liig ould e the eoal of all deo. I, hoee, left the laptop memories of some of Thursley’s most famous Lutyens' idea for the taller monument. An euses fo delieig ook ue te losed ad folded all kikes ito cultural past residents. It seemed appropriate annual Service of Remembrance is held at the o tie. This tie, suel, ithout all si ih suaes. I as takig to hous and fitting in this month of reflection and site on Remembrance Sunday, the closest the oal distatios, I ould kukle ee da up i edoo offie retrospection to remember the world-famous Sunday to th November Armistice Day renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. The each year. Lutyens' cenotaph design has been do ad pess sed o , ods haig ee oadeeed architectural historian Gavin Stamp described reproduced elsewhere in the UK and in other i the sae oth I as atuall eat daughte – she as seig asks fo him as "surely the greatest British architect of countries of historical British allegiance to. I ould tell ou hih oth that eeks. Atuall seig the, ot just the twentieth or of any other century". including, Australia, Canada, New as, ut the Id hae to kill ou. Lets talkig aout seig the. Thak Lutyens was the designer of many, many Zealand, Bermuda and Hong Kong. just sa thee as a R i it. This deeit heaes fo the husads gees. grand Arts and Crafts houses, war memorials is the sae easo I hide laptop Petedig to ite. Atuall athig and public buildings, both in the UK and In a memorial to Lutyens by the overseas. From his humble beginnings in sculptor Stephen Cox was erected in Apple he I leae the house. Seeig The West Wig, osig Ets ad Thursley Prospect Cottage in The Street Tree Yard, Mayfair, London, adjacent to the od out ould seiousl fiish feelig hoil guilt ee tie a being an early example, Lutyens’ career studio where Lutyens prepared the designs husad off. I a tehoidiot, ad it husad o hild ought e a up of famously culminated in his design of The for The Cenotaph. as aoud ook thee he he tea ad a isuit. Oe fied utued a Cenotaph in Whitehall. The following is the story of Lutyens’ early disoeed that I as poduig a soudough state ad leat to ake

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born in March and they didn’t move to able to look after themselves, but that boys, THE ART OF PROCRASTINATION Thursley until some seven years later. unless suitably guided, developed into B Lizzie Youg hopeless drifters! Enough said. Lutyens’ father, Charles, had been an ambitious artillery officer: he had invented an Aileen Lutyens died in and the house hats happeed, hats happeig instrument for judging distances called a was then let for a while to various tenants, ad hat ight happe, all at oe. Stadiometer which was used by the Army for including Army officers from . It was nearly forty years. However, early in his afterwards sold, first of all to a Mrs Patricia This is high leel stuff. Middle age has career, he found that he preferred painting to Peto, a widow, who soon re-married and, in udged the oig ito being a soldier and he retired from the Army it came into the possession of Captain R. atastophisig. Its pett uh a full- in when he was only . Three years C. Tosswill RN. By then it was popularly tie jo, i peaetie. O the a later the first of his paintings was accepted by known as Lutyens House as it was thought footig of , its ee o speed. the Royal Academy and he exhibited there that the former name was inappropriate. In regularly until . the house was bought by Mr and Mrs Nicholas Charrington who were then living at oseig has ee alas The The house Charles Lutyens leased in Thursley The Dye House. The Charrington's added an fasiatig, soeties fustatig ad was called The Cottage now Street House; it additional wing substantially increasing the ofte itesel oig. People, ou was built for the Knowles family in Regency size of the house. Nicholas Charrington was ealise, o ae etail eided, ae times. Although The Cottage was a fairly not, however, a lover of Lutyens work, so he substantial house with a large garden, it was etaodia. Soeties – ostl, I gave the house the rather more mainstream I a ot a epideiologist, o a fot- not, as claimed by Mary Lutyens in the eliee - good etaodia, the kid name of Street House. As most of us will lie oke, o a politiia thak biography of her father, by far the largest know, the house is currently undergoing a goodess, o a ital og i the suppl that igs teas to ou ees, ad a house in the village. further sympathetic refurbishment and we

getle ahe to ou steu. The look forward to seeing the house finished and hai heel. I askig ot hat Charles Lutyens did much of his painting from ae, esiliet, selfless, stog, out a do fo e ut hat I a do his Thursley home. His principal subjects were looking splendid again. iagiatie kid of etaodia that fo out aoss the last fe racehorses and portraits but he also produced Edwin Lutyens, always known to his family as oths, apat fo the ase leel good ou a ol e i ae of. Soeties a number of small watercolours of putti the Ned, was a delicate boy and deemed not itize ehaiou – sta at hoe, hads ad etaodia, so ou hae to shout plural of putto, Italian for the figure of a child, sufficiently robust to go to boarding school fae spae, help th eighou, out at the teleisio. Tig to follo the especially a cherub or cupid-like one usually with his brothers. Instead, most of the time he used in connection with Renaissance ou lessigs, ad dot u toilet siee, ad udestad the deisios shared his sister’s governesses and paintings possibly as pot-boilers, for his supplemented his education by meandering olls sot of stuff – I hae ee, I ko, ad keep up ith the hages has financial state deteriorated as the years went seeed ipossile at ties. through the Surrey countryside on a bicycle, essetiall useless. I hae ee doig by and his eyesight weakened. Several of his looking at old buildings and comparing them

hat I alas do i da jo as a paintings can be seen at Goddards, the house to the new ones going up. He is said to have oelist – oseig, ad The poastiatig has ee othig at Abinger Common built by Frederick carried with him a small pane of glass and, Mirilees as a rest home for ladies of small poastiatig. Ad hat I alas do shot of epi. Youe alas ee ale with a slither of soap, drawn the outline of any means and now the headquarters of the i piate life – oig. to tell ho late I a i delieig a building he found interesting. He also spent Lutyens Trust. hours in the carpenter’s shop, then owned by ausipt to log-suffeig pulishe the state of laud Charles died in but the Lutyens family Old Tickner of Milford, watching him at his Woig, as e ko, is like a okig craft and questioning him on why he did hai. It ill gie ou soethig to do, asket ad kithe ste dae. continued to rent The Cottage for many years and until fairly recently a couple of village things in a certain way. By the time he was ut it ot get ou ahee. I hae a If the ioig is doe, ou a e pett fifteen it was clear, both to himself and to his sue the oel is , ods off inhabitants still remembered Miss Lutyens. fidge aget to eid e of this She was Aileen, one of Charles’ numerous father, that architecture was to be his tuis. If it ee a Olpi spot, taget. It as the geius Douglas daughters who, amongst other things, ran a profession. Adas ho said, I loe deadlies. I like hoee, Id e toulig Badle sort of youth club to keep the young boys of To be continued next issue. Wiggis i the edals tale o. the hooshig soud the ake as the village occupied in their spare time. She Ie pefeted the at of oig aout the fl . But it ight hae ee e. was of the opinion that girls, with their domestic duties and their sewing, were well

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If you want more bridleways and footpaths in the information about any of these ideas An interview with Tony Kelly about the next project. Before the project countryside around us, so we don’t or help, please contact me on: energy efficient projects he has spending was £2,300pa on heating, after need to go far to enjoy it. There are several cycling clubs locally you could [email protected] undertaken at Bedford Farm. we spend £1,000pa which has more than halved heating costs. Along with join if you wanted to. https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people- What have you done and how long did reducing costs we have also more than and-community/climate-change it take? Surrey County Council have recently halved CO2 emissions. That was never We bought this house in 2006, in 2010 launched a new website (see link the plan; the plan was to just make the we did a heat loss analysis and found house better when we could afford it huge heat loss, so much warmth was and if it made financial sense. So, not being wasted without insulation due to only did it make financial sense, but it’s the cavity wall insulation having failed. been good for the planet and made our Whilst this was great for rabbits wanting house comfier for us. So, everyone wins. Thursley Climate and to warm their bottoms – we found there After the heat pump, the next step is to was heat pouring out of the house, Sustainability Action do the same with the cars! around the windows, front door, walls and roof. Why do you think everyone should be Climate Emergency and

In 2011 we installed insulation on the greener? Infographic outside of the walls, and in 2015 we had There is nothing special about us. to fix the roof and add solar panels, so Anyone in the village could do this and get similar outcomes, though each while the roof was off we decided to house has unique challenges. Everyone insulate the roof. So effectively, should be greener because as humanity This month our Parish Council passed a “Climate Emergency” insulating the house is like wrapping a we have made some poor decisions over motion – see the full motion on the website: blanket around it. the last tens of hundreds of years and have compromised the integrity of the Is it making your life more difficult? www.thursley-pc.gov.uk/Climate_Emergency.aspx planet. If we don’t do something about No everything we have done is a it then your kids and their kids will have sensible thing to do to make are house an exceedingly difficult environment to It addresses climate change and the threats to biodiversity in our more comfortable for us and means our live in. environment. The most important aspect of this is that we need costs are less. So green for us has been to act NOW to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. We will more comfortable and less money. What do the words ‘climate change’

mean to you? need to reduce our current emissions by approximately 50% by What’s the easiest change you have It means we made bad decisions as 2030, and by 89% overall to meet the net-zero target by 2050. made? humans in the past and we are in The easiest change was simply putting trouble as a planet. It’s a warning and a We have developed an Infographic which you will have found as insulation in the loft because its cheap call to action! But there is time and we and it takes a few hours to do. an insert in the magazine. This is based on work done by the now have emerging technology and desire in government to fix it. In the UK Committee on Climate Change to show the journey we must take What impact have you had on the we need to reach zero carbon by 2050. environment to help it be greener? to meet the net-zero target and gives some ideas of how we can The rest of the world, including China achieve it. Surprised and excited to see, it has recently are signing up too. taken us from a house that contributed badly to the environment with 10 tons If everyone looked at ways to reduce of carbon, to being one heat pump away their energy consumption how would from zero carbon. A heat pump is the that impact climate change?

Bean there, Done that! VILLAGE HALL NEWS B Adea MaKezie-Beeor & Clea Beehe Some of the root vegetables can stay in the ground until you need them, as long we have mild weather What’s happening at the Hall … and no early frosts in October. The moment? All sorts of exciting stalls - there We held our AGM last month via Skype! will be something for everyone! bean crop will be over soon and if Despite Covid putting a stop to most of our you leave a few of the pods to go to community fundraising events over the Stalls include Ellie Conteras with her seed these can be collected as your past year, we are delighted to have fantastic paintings, Snugglemat Studio completed the final phase of the retiling with their handmade crafts, From Angie stock for next year. It’s important and insulation of the roof. We have also with Love with her Wildlife Art, Ned and the bean pods are completely dry finalised our plans to reconfigure the Hall Sloan with some fantastic Jewellery and (they will be light brown in colour (to enable both the Nursery School and Simon Hall with his Children’s books. and papery in texture) before you the community to use it at the same time; Contact Amanda Hall on remove the seeds. Once you are to improve the kitchen; and to improve its satisfied they are dry store in an storage capacity), and these are currently [email protected] or 07816 230618 if with the Council awaiting planning you would like to take a stall or know airtight container. I recycle old approval. We had some major more. hummus containers for large seed storage and use old herb jars for maintenance work carried out on our PHOTO COMPETITION beloved Holm Oak at the front of the Hall, small seeds. Also, if you’ve save THURSLEY CALENDAR 2022 following a comprehensive independent those silica gel sachets that come report which gave it a clean bill of health We are compiling a Thursley calendar for with your delivery packages they can subject to these works being done. 2022 - we have some fantastic entries be used with your saved seeds to This year we have had some fairly heavy already and have extended the deadline until the end of November. The theme is remove moisture while storing. Store Draw a brief plan of where things outgoings and so are very much looking all seeds in a cool dark place over went this year so you can rotate forward to starting up our fundraising “Thursley through the year”, and all ages and abilities are welcome. Email your winter clearly labelled. crop positions for next year- it events again to start to rebalance the books! entries to [email protected] prevents build up of pests and Going to seed diseases. I’m now mulling over next We are so pleased that Butterflies Nursery LIVE THEATRE!!! It’s a Wonderful Life year’s seed catalogues ....and so the School was able to continue to operate Sunday 13th December Now is a good time to collect the cycle begins all over again! throughout lockdown, caring for the Covid Compliant - a real Christmas treat! seed heads from flowers such as children of key workers, and is now back to normal; and we welcomed Kate and Maltings invites you to The poppies, nigella ( love in a mist) and Fran, who took over the village hall flat. Greatest Gift, a re-telling of the original marigolds. You can leave the seed story of It’s A Wonderful Life. We will be heads on the plants and let them All existing trustees - Clea Beechey, putting on two shows, provisionally one at naturally self sow in situ or collect Valerie Ferris, Amanda Hall, Alison 3pm and one at 6pm, to a socially Hanbury, Andrea MacKenzie-Beevor, distanced, but intimate audience. Book the dried heads. If collecting either Dene Mills and Tim Walsh - were happy to early to avoid disappointment! Tickets shake the heads or leave them remain on the committee and were re- from Clea on 07711 183959 or upside down in a paper bag to fall elected. Our constitution allows us to have [email protected] out and then store in envelopes or more trustees, so please do get in touch Join us for a warming 60 minutes of recycled containers ( not plastic with one of us if you would like to come on storytelling with Mick Strobel and live bags) for next year. board - we would be delighted to welcome music from accordionist Nigel Waterhouse. any villagers who would like to support the 'Welcome to Bedford Falls, welcome to Hall in this way. Crop Circles

small town America, welcome to Farnham CHRISTMAS FAIR - Covid Compliant! Maltings’ winter retelling of the story of The Veg and Flower gardens are Sunday 22nd November 10-4 pm George Bailey, a middle-aged clerk fading and the days are shortening, discovering the difference he has made to Don’t miss this chance to get ALL your there’s less to do outside but it’s a his family, his friends and his hometown - Christmas shopping done in one place - with a little help from Clarence, the good time to plan for next year. who wants to trail round the shops at the apprentice angel …

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Leaves are falling, Autumn is ripens the tomatoes. See below - calling..... day one and after day three.

Whilst writing this article we’ve got freshly picked carrots, runner beans, beetroot and romanesco broccoli cooking away for our late September Sunday lunch. It’s so satisfying to be able to wander in the garden and pull up just the right amount of veggies bursting with late summer flavours and aromas that you just don’t get from supermarket produce.

Green to Red

I’ve stripped all the green tomatoes from their plants both outdoor and greenhouse varieties because I don’t think they will get enough sun now. I’m not a green tomato chutney maker so I prefer to encourage them to ripen indoors. The trick that works for me is popping the green tomatoes in a paper bag with a ripe banana or apple and close tightly, store in a drawer or dark cool place. Check every couple of days, the ripe fruit gives off ethylene in the confined space which naturally

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fertilizer we put on, sometimes we house could discuss, poo, semen and put on straight Nitrogen and the reproductive organs of a cow all sometimes we put on a combination in one evening without a single fertilizer of nitrogen, potash and smirk!! potassium. Artificial fertilizer is We have a new addition to the farm easier to adjust. We also put on a - Mrs. Tiggywinkle (hedgehog) - we lot of muck and this contains all have never had one here before. three nutrients, but we don’t know One morning I spotted her nipping how much it contains. So this year across from one side of the road to we will test the muck too and we will the other, then the next night she have to adjust how much goes on was in the barn trying to get in with which fields - this is going to be a Matthew’s dog (Kate - who is bit troublesome because although kenneled in the barn). Kate wasn’t the muck is effectively free happy about this scenario and fertilizer we don’t have so much barked most of the night, so at 4 in control over its contents and we the morning Matthew and I are have to get rid of it somewhere. A making a home in another part of lot of poo planning this winter is on the barn for the hedgehog, which I the cards. am assuming she is liking, as Kate So now calving is nearly over we doesn’t bark and the food has have been busy choosing bulls for disappeared. next year, so many an evening has been spent perusing semen Next month we will be bringing in catalogues. It was pointed out to us the heifers to their winter housing Caroline Mendelssohn & Susanne Hunter by some friends the other day that and getting set up for the breeding manning the Thursley drive through. we live in another world - only our season. When the students have left you leys so that they aren’t too long WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE FARM THIS MONTH? realise how handy they are for some over the winter. One field we move B Jo Raso jobs, but I do feel a sense of relief them to and fro is right by the A3 when they have gone - that ‘not and across a driveway, but the panel having to feel responsible for them’ fence along the side of the A3 is feeling is great. I already have next becoming a little warn and is in fact year’s ones booked in for next about to collapse. It’s not our fence calving season. We have nearly to fix but was put there for our finished calving and hopefully by the benefit so we have requested for it end of the month all will be done. to be fixed, but in the meantime the There will be about 15 too many for cows or calves, which ever we are us which we knew we would have, and moving, get a stern talking to - these will be sold once they have all “please walk and don’t push each calved. 300 is our maximum from a other” - both tricky for animals who bed and feed space point of view are desperate to go to a new field and also herdsman. 15 extra doesn’t but we have succeeded so far. sound many in the grand scheme of Nick and I have been soil testing all things but it does give just that bit the fields, it is recommended that a too much extra work in the parlour. full soil analysis of each field is The brassicas are all in and taken every 4 -5 years any way and growing; they have got quite a bit it is certainly a requirement for our more growing to do so that we can milk contract. Doing a full analysis feed heifers and beef calves on give us a pH for the field which I do Well you have guessed it - we have clatter which the cows hear and them in December. I am sure it will regularly anyway but it also tells us had enough of the rain now; we are know the gate is open and in they happen and we are just being how much Potash, Potassium and so demanding with our weather come. We make sure all the gates impatient. So while we are waiting Magnesium is in the soil on a scale of expectations. There is enough are ready at the farmyard end to for it to grow the year-old beef 1-5. Ideally each field should be 3, moisture in the soil now, and with welcome them and pray walkers have calves have been tidying up around going above this is not good. We do the cows still going and wanting to put the gates back as they found the farm, finishing off grass from have some that are too high so we go out it can make gateways messy, them across footpaths. Just before dry cows and eating off new grass need to reduce the type of which leads to dirty legs and udders. milking time we have a quick check However we can’t change the round the field to make sure weather, we have to adapt, so the everyone is in and job done. paddocks are grazed in an order Harry, our new stockman/tractor which takes into consideration the driver has settled in well grass in it and whether it is a dry considering he was thrown straight paddock which can be grazed on a in at the deep end; he’s got to grips wet day or vice versa. The paddocks with the system really quickly and is all have an in and an out gate to flying along which is a big relief and reduce traffic flow on them and as lightened both mine and Nick’s work soon as the cows gather in the out load to allow us to get on with other gateway on a wet day, we let them in jobs. early. Using the ping gate. Our vet students have all left, our The ping gate is our homemade last one didn’t really excel - shall we version of a bat latch; we ring it and say he lasted a week out of the two it sets off a motor which turns, he was supposed to be here, not releasing the spring across the sure muck and mud was his thing – gateway. It pings off with quite a he was more of a mobile phone man!!