AUTUMN 2019 NEWSLETTER Jan Julie Last I Moved to Roger Pashley Has Been on the Having Lived in the Waterhouse Ottershaw in 1986 with My Committee a Number of Years
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Registered Charity No: 287803 AUTUMN 2019 NEWSLETTER Jan Julie Last I moved to Roger Pashley has been on the Having lived in the Waterhouse Ottershaw in 1986 with my Committee a number of years. Ottershaw area since has served on husband Barry and we are He has just handed over the birth Graham Mitson the Ottershaw both happily retired now. I job of Treasurer to Julie Last, has served on the Society previously worked in accounts but continues to send out Ottershaw Society committee and office management and ALERTS and help with the committee for around since 2017. administration of the the last 15 years with a was with my last firm in Committee. special interest in Chertsey for 11 years until Roger is a retired Chartered planning matters. retirement. Accountant who worked for Graham also organises My main hobby is my over 30 years as Finance the Village Christmas allotment which I have had Director of a national charity, decorations and sets up for over 15 years and it’s still Age Concern England, which the village hall for talks a work in progress......I took now operates as Age UK. and meetings. on Hon Treasurer duties for In the village he is a member our allotment Association and Treasurer of Christ Church, some 8 years ago, and have Ottershaw, a bellringer and also joined the committee for helps with the Independent the annual Ottershaw Mayfair Examination of several other and that keeps us busy for 2 village organisations. or 3 months after Christmas and leading up to the event. Barry and I hope to include some travel during our retirement, fitting it around The Society was formed in 1981 and works to the growing season obviously! help preserve and develop features of historic, I was prompted to volunteer natural and public interest in the village of as Hon Treasurer for the Ottershaw. We look at planning applications Society after hearing that the of a mainly local nature but we also monitor Society was in jeopardy of issues that may impact on our community, folding due to lack of volunteers for officer Registered Charity No: 287803 representing on behalf of the community positions and we are still where necessary. hopeful someone will step forward as Secretary. www.facebook.com/ottershawsociety www.ottershawsociety.org 2 | Page Brian Williams I moved to Ottershaw James Robinson has lived Mark Burgess I moved to in 2004 with my wife Jacqui. My family with his wife Angela in Ottershaw in 2014 with my moved to Woking from the Isle of Ottershaw with their young husband Darren and we Wight, where I was born, in about family for 7 years. share our house with our two 1950 and I have lived in this general Professionally James works labradors Rusty and area ever since. I can remember with brands who want to Alfie. After far too many Ottershaw before it had a improve their sales through years commuting into the roundabout!! After studying e-commerce. I enjoy the City I have now been self Aeronautical Engineering at the Royal local park run and employed in the fitness Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough I Ottershaw’s close transport industry for 8 years as a PT, eventually joined British European links to London from Woking sports massage therapist and Airways in 1967, now British Airways and further afield through running fitness classes at (BA), at Heathrow. I worked in a small Heathrow airport. James has various gyms in the area. I specialist engineering department been on the committee since also volunteer for Outline which carried out Non Destructive 2014 and believes Surrey, an LGBT+ charity, Inspection on aircraft engines and passionately that Ottershaw where I am also secretary structures. During my time there I must evolve to accommodate and a trustee. If I get any represented BA as Chairman of the the needs of its residents spare time I like going to the Aerospace Group of a National whilst remaining a semi rural cinema and theatre and Engineering Institute and latterly as safe haven from city life. enjoy meeting up with Vice Chairman of a National Aerospace friends and family for nights Engineering Board which I helped to out and weekends away. establish at the requirement of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. JOINING THE OTTERSHAW SOCIETY I joined the Ottershaw Society at the Membership of the Ottershaw Society gives you an May Fair in 2005. I was encouraged to opportunity to support the local community and at the very join the committee, at the persuasion least to know what is going on. We regard it as essential that of Reg Taylor, a couple of years later. I members make their views known to us, so that we can am very keen to continue the good reflect this in any submissions we make. If you want to be work that the Ottershaw Society has kept informed about local issues and are not already a achieved over many years and have member, please do consider joining. The current subscription recently taken on the role of Chair. fees: Single person £6, Couple £9, Single pensioner £4, Couple pensioners £6. Please contact our Treasurer, Julie Last, if you would like to join. e-mail: [email protected] 2019 OTTERSHAW SOCIETY AGM The Society AGM was held in the Ottershaw Village Hall on 24 September 2019. After being without a Chair for several years, Brian Williams had agreed to take on this job for a year, with a possibility of a second year. Julie Last took over as Treasurer from Roger Pashley, who had been in this post for 32 years. A Secretary was still, however, needed. Other committee members re- Trevor Young moved to Ottershaw from Walton-on elected for 2019/2020 were: Angela Robinson, like Thames in October 1971 with his Mark Burgess, Graham Mitson, James, has lived in wife Vicky and son Gordon. James and Angela Robinson, Ottershaw for 7 years. Those were the days before the Roger Pashley, Trevor Young Surrey born and raised, roundabout came into existence and Jan Waterhouse. I work full time as a and the Shell Garage opposite parent to my two Trident was a vacant piece of rascals. I have a land. I was employed by Midland It was reported that it had background in creative Bank (now HSBC) for 36 years of been a busy year with much design and marketing, which 24 years were in happening on the Planning having worked with management. I then took early front, with the examination of Harvey Nichols, retirement, which enabled me to Wonderbra, Shock pursue other interests including the new Local Plan and Absorber sports bras giving some of my time to developments at Longcross and Playtex, I took on charity. I always been interested and possibly at Fairoaks. There the role of Ottershaw in sport, and played football, was some discussion, Society Newsletter cricket and golf at various stages particularly around matters Editor in 2015 and I in my life. I have been a member concerning the A320, parking have been in charge of of the Ottershaw Society for the webpage and social many years and joined the and traffic calming issues. The media sites for the committee 15 years ago when I financial position was healthy, Society since I became a saw an article in the Newsletter mainly due to the receipt of committee member in that more committee members sponsorship for the excellent 2014. were required. In my time on the Newsletter, produced by committee I have been Angela. The full Annual Report I am passionate about responsible for the Newsletter our village and ensuring distribution, setting up our May and Accounts can be found on that it is a safe and Fair stall and other events the Society website: happy place for people together with publicity and www.ottershawsociety.org. to live. advertising. www.facebook.com/ottershawsociety www.ottershawsociety.org 4 | Page TALKS FOR THE 2019-2020 SEASON Ottershaw Village Hall, Brox Road, Ottershaw All talks begin at 8:00pm Everybody is welcome to these events, whether they be members or non- members. There is a fee of £1 for members and £2 for non-members paid at the door, to cover the speakers’ expenses and cost of refreshments. 26th November 2019 ‘Canaletto along the Thames’ by Nick Pollard Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), better known as Canaletto was an Italian painter of city views or vedute, of Venice, Rome and London. He also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut. He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he worked in England where he painted many views of London, including Walton on Thames and Windsor. 28th January 2020 ‘Life at 51 degrees south (Falkland Islands)’ by Major Rob Marshall We were posted to the Falkland Islands for two years, the most remote British overseas territory. With a lot of travelling experience and an open mind we faced many hurdles, lack of fresh food, limited communication and unpredictable transport home. The presentation is an insight to living by your wits embracing a totally unfamiliar lifestyle. With the war of 1962 within living memory we experienced modern garrison life, probably the only place left in the British forces where this exists. 25th February 2020 ‘A Miscellany of Woking History’ by David Rose Featuring the history of Woking; one of the many towns that started life with the coming of the railways with lots of old photographs of the town.