Westcott Village

Magazine October 2018 Advertisements Index …….……76 - 77 Westcott has a population of over Armistice Concert...... 61 2,000 and this is the only magazine Brockham Choral Society...... 71 written specifically for the Westcott Business of the Month...... 37-38 area by the people of Westcott. It Celebrate...... 9 is hand delivered, free of charge, to Churchyard Appeal for Help...... 67 every household and further copies Coffee Morning ...... ………………….53 are available at the church, local Desert Island Discs...... 13-15 shops, pub and doctor’s surgery. District Councillor Writes ……..….29-35 Donald Payne ...... 40-41 Dorking Artists...... 43 Dorking & District U3A...... 51 Dorking Museum ……………..…55 - 57 Eco Church ………………..….…..10-11 Fire Safety...... 65 Floodlighting …………………...…..…..9 Fowl Play!…………………………...17-19 From Alan Jonas………………...... 4-5 History of Westcott Dairy...... 74-75 Holy Trinity Services ……………..…….6 If you have any articles, photos, Leith Hill Place...... 45 letters, etc that you think we may Margaret Arminson ...... 69-71 like to feature in the next issue, Mole Valley Strategy Consultation..71 please email the Editor on: Music in Dorking …….…….…….59 - 61 [email protected] Parish Register ……………………..…..8 But please note, publication will always be subject to space and at The Past is a Foreign Country …...…63 QRMW...... 47 the discretion of the Editor. Rev John Weyman Thanksgiving.....27 Copy Deadline for Riverbank Surgery ……………………77 November 2018 issue: Westcott Baby Meals …………...…..12 8th October 2018 Westcott Bonfire & Fireworks...... 67 Westcott Christmas Craft Fair...... 42 This magazine, published by the Westcott Village Association …..21-27 Church in Westcott, is printed on WVA AGM...... 49 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Westcott Village Car Service ……...79 accredited paper from a sustainable Westcott Women’s Group …….…...53 source. The views expressed are What’s on @ Holy Trinity...... 7-9 those of the individual writers and Who’s Who in Westcott …....…...78-79 do not necessarily reflect the views of the Church, Editor or Westcott Wordsearch...... 73 residents. Yoga with Kasia...... 39 Cover Photo by Edward Bennett 2 FROM THE EDITOR

Hi there, this month particularly if I only knew them as an there are many varied older person. I’m pleased to say we activities to keep you have an original wordsearch on p73, occupied, ranging to keep the little grey cells working from art exhibitions at while you have your morning coffee, both Denbies and Leith and if anyone else has any puzzles Hill Place, to the Village Association they would like to share I would be AGM on 17th, the Rob Walker happy to include a puzzle page each Centenary Festival at Dorking Museum month, so get your thinking caps on on 21st and the village coffee morning and send them in. on 3rd. As ever there is also a huge choice of musical events. Make sure you get out and enjoy any sunny days we get, I always think each In addition, we have 2 well known might be the last at this time of year! local residents remembered, and I’m Cath always amazed what I learn about [email protected] people after they’ve passed away,

Can You Help The Hut? As you will be aware it is planned to build a new surgery and a new community centre on the current site of the Hut in Furlong Road during 2019. We intend to offer a wide range of community services and events as well as run a coffee shop on site and organise health and fitness sessions in conjunction with the surgery. In keeping with our constitution we want to involve the local village community in the running of the new facilities. We are looking for new commitee members who are willing to give up one evening a month to plan, manage and help make the new facilities a success. You do not need any special skills or experience but just enthusiasm to make a difference in Westcott. If you are interested please contact: Dr Glenn Wylie Chairman & Trustee M: 07474727317 E: [email protected] 3 ...FROM ALAN JONAS, VICAR OF WESTCOTT

significant challenges that life has thrown at these men, who are now in their nineties.” (‘Radical’ – Hilary Cottam, pg. 163) In other words wealth, career, even health and relationships are not LIVING THE GOOD LIFE the key to how you fare over your ....A LIFE OF FAITH life-time. “Inner characteristics”/ emotions are the key. Hilary Cottam Did you know faith is good for you? points out that the essential elements Not just for your prospects of life after of long-term well-being - joy, love, death, but here, now, your essential hope, forgiveness, faith – cannot well-being. Numerous studies have be developed through “psychiatry shown that people who have faith textbooks” and are not in the remit and regularly attend a place of of public policy. These elements are, worship are generally happier, essentially, spiritual matters that pivot healthier, and live longer than those around faith in a God of love. who do not. Of course, a person can develop There are probably this “inner being” several reasons for CHURCH IS, IF YOU LIKE, A without ever being this enhanced well- “TRAINING GROUND FOR THE part of a church, being, with the key but church is, SOUL” WHERE WE LEARN TO being development if you like, a of ‘inner strength’. I GROW AND DEVELOP, AND “training ground read recently about ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER... for the soul” where a longitudinal study we learn to grow of Harvard students ALL ARE VERY WELCOME AT and develop, and from the class of THE “TRAINING GROUND FOR encourage one 1939-45 to today. another. Christians THE SOUL” – YOUR LOCAL The study looks at how these students CHURCH. have fared in well-being over their life-times. The conclusion is this: “Emotions such as joy, love, hope, forgiveness, faith, which are absent from psychiatry textbooks and from the lexicon of policy-makers, are the factors that have determined the participants’ lives irrespective of their starting point & the often very 4 ...FROM ALAN JONAS, VICAR OF WESTCOTT may fall short of being people of joy, love, hope, forgiveness, and faith as much or more than anyone else, but we know we can, and by God’s grace will, grow. James, the brother of Jesus, wrote that the key aim for our lives is to be “mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James1:4) - a development/strengthening of the inner self over our life-time. All are very welcome at the “training ground for the soul” – your local church. You may well find that, as you grow in relationship with God, developing the “inner self”, you are happier, healthier, and life expectancy grows.

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Starting late October Dates to be confirmed. To find out more, contact Rev. Alan Jonas [email protected] 885309

5 SERVICES AT THE CHURCH IN WESTCOTT

We run a regular programme of worship services and other activities for young and old. Everyone is welcome as we build friendships and share life together!

8.30 am: A traditional Communion service with hymns and organ, unless stated. 10.15 am: A ‘parish’ service, reflecting the people of the Church in Westcott, with organ and music group. Regular creche and children’s activities. 6.00 pm: A quiet traditional service, usually ‘Evensong’. Communion with prayer for healing monthly. DATE THEME 8:30AM 10:15AM 6:00PM 7th Harvest Book of Common Celebrate Evensong Oct Prayer Communion Breakfast Communion 14th Book of Book of Common Parish Communion Evensong Oct Hebrews Prayer Communion 21st Book of Book of Common Parish Communion Evensong Oct Hebrews Prayer Communion

28th Book of Book of Common Parish Communion Evensong Oct Hebrews Prayer Communion

MID WEEK SERVICES

Wednesdays 10am Communion at St John’s

Thursdays 8:30am Morning Prayer at St John’s

Fellowship Lunch St John’s Community Hall 12pm for 12:30 14th Oct 9th Dec For all who like good food and company! 6 WHAT’S ON AT THE CHURCH IN WESTCOTT

Looking ahead to November: 11th November 10:15am Remembrance Day Service Join us as we mark the 100th Anniversary of the End of the 1st World War with author and producer Jonathan Mayo. 7th October Harvest Services In this service we will also be reading 8:30am BCP Service; 9:30am the names of all the servicemen Breakfast for all, 10:15am from Westcott who died in the First ‘Celebrate’ All-Age Service; 6pm World War. (see advert for more Evensong. Join us as we give thanks details) for all we have and donate non- perishable goods and money to LeatherheadSTART. 24th October 7:45pm ‘Encounter’ contemporary worship at St John’s. Harvest Sunday, 7th October Services at Holy Trinity Westcott 8:30am BCP Communion 9:30am Breakfast 10:15am All Age Communion 6:00pm Evensong

Let’s never take for granted all the blessings we have here. Join us in giving thanks for all we have, and in remembrance of all who do not share in the material bounty. You are invited to bring non-perishable goods and money for giving to ‘LeatherHEAD START’ – the hostel for the homeless. 7 WHAT’S ON AT THE CHURCH IN WESTCOTT

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR 10.15am, Remembrance Sunday 11th November with author and producer Jonathan Mayo Exactly one hundred years after the Armistice was signed, Jonathan Mayo tells the stories of the men caught up in the final moments of the First World War and explores where God was to be found in that terrible conflict. Jonathan will be using material from his recently published Daily Mail articles about the Armistice. In this service we will also be reading the names of all the servicemen from Westcott who died in the First World War.

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS

Baptism:

9th September 2018 James Finlay Parkin

Hannah Mae Culver Watson

Samuel Lewis Steele Watson

Death:

2nd February 2018 Patricia Johnston (93)

24th June 2018 Anthony George Touche (91) 8 WHAT’S ON AT THE CHURCH IN WESTCOTT

ENCOUNTER Exploring worship, prayer, God’s word. Experiencing the presence of God. AUTUMN 2018

Monthly 7:45pm - 9:30pm Wednesday, 26th Sept Wednesday, 24th Oct Wednesday, 21st Nov

St John’s Community Hall, Furlong Road RH4 3PP

Each evening starts with drinks and cake, followed by relaxed, contemporary worship, a Bible-based talk and prayer.

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The next Celebrate Tea Service is on 25th November, 3:30-5:00pm. All are welcome to Get Set for Advent!

FLOODLIGHTING

The floodlighting for October has been sponsored by Anne Carvalho in loving memory of Christopher Carvalho, beloved husband, father and grandfather, 1932-1998. If you would like to sponsor the floodlighting (running reduced hours from dusk to 2am to be more eco friendly), please contact Sarah Massey at [email protected] or on 01306 887413. (Suggested donation of £74 to Westcott Church Funds.) 9 ECO CHURCH

THE FIRST EVER DORKING who have played a significant role ECO FAIR in the successful campaign against exploratory drilling near Coldharbour! As part of our Eco Church initiative, The Christian Centre is already home and in conjunction with St Paul’s Eco to two important initiatives: the Dorking Church group, we are hosting the Repair Café who have tools, materials Dorking Eco Fair on Saturday, 27th and experts on hand to help you October, from 10-12 in The Christian repair clothing, furniture and electrical Centre, Dorking items – including phones; and the As with our faith, living with care Dorking Community Fridge which is full of surplus food that is free for anyone and helps to reduce food waste. There will also be many ideas for things you can do to help create a sustainable future for your children for people and planet extends far and grandchildren: switching to power beyond the walls of our church and our your house with 100% renewable homes. Sometimes, electricity; reducing the changes required DORKING ECO FAIR the amount of plastic to tackle climate in your life and home; 10AM-MIDDAY change can seem repairing clothing overwhelming, so it is SATURDAY, 27TH OCTOBER and household items; important to join with THE CHRISTIAN CENTRE, reducing food waste; the wider community supporting locally- to encourage one DORKING produced food; and another each step of even growing your the way to a more sustainable society. own! The Dorking Eco Fair will provide a Entry is free – come along and be great opportunity for people to meet inspired! and chat to the many individuals and groups in the area who are working to help look after wildlife, our community * Details overleaf and the environment. There is plenty to interest everyone: from the Surrey Dormouse Group, who are monitoring and helping the small thriving local population of endangered hazel dormice; to A Voice for Leith Hill, 10 ECO CHURCH

ECO CALENDAR: OCTOBER 2O18 Local Events Get Involved!

Dorking Repair Café (6th 10.30am-1pm) Dorking Christian Centre. www.repaircafe.org

Good Money Week (29th September-5th October) 54% of the UK public is unaware that sustainable and ethical financial products exist – Good Money Week seeks to change that. Where you keep and where you spend your money makes a difference. You can choose to use an ethical bank or building society to ensure that your money does not fund fossil fuels, human rights abuse or other environmentally or socially damaging uses. www.goodmoneyweek.com

Wild Tots at Newlands Corner every Friday 10am-12 noon Run by Surrey Wildlife Trust, Forest School inspired sessions for 2-5 year olds

Create Animal Homes for your Garden (16th) Nower Wood Educational Nature Reserve – Surrey Wildlife Trust www.surreywildlifetrust.org

Dorking Eco Fair (Saturday 27th 10am-12 noon) Dorking Christian Centre

Be inspired at our celebration of green living! Meet the community groups making a difference to Mole Valley – and the planet Halls Car Park

11 Westcott Baby Meals

For over 14 years, families of new babies in Westcott have been receiving ‘Baby Meals’, a gift of a hot meal for the whole family, delivered to their door for two weeks. An initiative driven by the Church in Westcott , it is a practical and highly valued service, provided by people across the Westcott community. Please join our ‘Baby Meals’ cooks’ rota and support this wonderful community gift, OR if you live in Westcott and are expecting a baby, or know someone who is.... Please get in touch: [email protected] or 07710 425487

12 DESERT ISLAND DISCS

You may have spotted her jogging I discovered then that I loved Brahms energetically around the village or and really felt I knew him. This piece perhaps heard her playing the piano also contains a rhythmic challenge, at Holy Trinity Church. A resident which was good to master. of Westcott for 21 years and an accomplished musician, my second And where to from Grade 8? castaway in this occasional series is I studied at Trinity College of Music, Jenny Jonas. London for three years, with piano as first instrument and oboe second. Jenny, tell us We all belonged to the college choir about your which often performed in Southwark early life and Cathedral. I’d had a brilliant A level influences. music teacher at school, who prepared I was born in me well for more challenging pieces. Cowley, the daughter of a Your second choice stems from that bus inspector time, doesn’t it? (later a Indeed. We sang major works, lecturer) including Michael Tippett’s Child of Our and an amateur singer. We moved Time, which was relatively new then. It to Farnborough and I started piano was very exciting getting to know that lessons aged six, apparently after big choral repertoire. The Tippett was much nagging at my mother. I think a technical challenge and I’ve also that, had her life been different, she’d chosen it for its subject matter – his probably have sung professionally. reaction to Nazism – and the beauty of But my parents separated when I was the African-American spirituals, which nine and thereafter I lived with my chime with my own Christian faith. mother and older sister, later joined by my stepfather, also a musician. So Tell us now about record number three the music comes from her and further I’ve chosen Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. back through the female line – both The opening is incredible – as though my great aunt and maternal great Bach is taking us on an epic journey. grandmother were musical. I began And the last movement, which follows playing oboe when I was twelve. Christ’s burial, is deeply moving.

Which brings us to your first choice... Number four is rather a contrast, isn’t it? Yes, this is Brahm’s Intermezzo Opus 76, Yes, this goes back to my early years No.6, which I played for Grade 8 piano. with Alan. While at college, I attended

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Christ Church Orpington where during Alan’s first curacy. I was looking one of the young men in the youth for oboe-playing opportunities but group was in India on a gap year. He couldn’t find any, so decided to wrote fantastic letters back to us all, explore singing further and auditioned which caught my interest although I’d successfully for the Academy of St never met him! He returned towards Martin in the Fields Chorus in 1996. I the end of my first year and we got sang with them for ten years, touring together. But Alan then went off to internationally several times a year. Leeds University, so our romance relied Alan was wonderfully accommodating, on phonecalls, letters and the London- organising his work around school runs Leeds Megabus! We married after when I was away. Once he brought graduating and this song from one the girls in school uniform to the airport of Alan’s albums, You and Me Against to drop me off before taking them to the World by Gladys Knight and the school! But that was an incredible Pips, stays with us. time musically – I learnt so much from working with Sir Neville Marriner. This And where did you go from there? choice is the Academy Chorus singing We both went to Aberystwyth for Gloria from Mozart’s Great Mass in teacher training, and then I taught C Minor, in a school in Chertsey before which we deciding to focus on teaching and sang in playing oboe and piano. When our Germany daughters were four and six, we on my first moved to Oxford for Alan’s ministerial tour. training at Wycliffe College. Whilst there a maternity cover job teaching And doesn’t oboe came up. Unfortunately it was your sixth full time, but another applicant also choice wanted part time and they offered come from us a job share. The half time salary that period turned out to be exactly what I could too? earn before it affected Alan’s grant, Yes, I also sang with Abbey Opera and the extra eased our financial and Opera Nova – with whom I sang situation that year. I sensed God’s Nedda, Carmen and Marcellina – hand in that. and took masterclasses with Richard Jackson. So I’ve chosen the beautiful What about your next record? Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro This comes from our time in Hersham by Mozart. 14 DESERT ISLAND DISCS (cont.)

How on earth did you hold everything a joy and a curse. It’s fed me in many together?! ways and is a massive part of who I Again, with Alan’s support – I was am. It’s also been great job-wise, but teaching at Heathside Weybridge too it does change the way you listen to and he’d meet the girls from school music. It’s hard to switch off the critic and cook dinner on the evenings I had and I have to give it my undivided lessons or rehearsals. Then in 1998 we attention, which means I don’t listen moved to Westcott and on our first as much as I’d like to. Also there’s the Good Friday I sang the St Matthew sense in which it drives you and leaves Passion at the Barbican with the Joyful you wondering if you could have Company of Singers. That was difficult achieved more. – not being here with Alan – but I felt I had to do it. Then later in the year I And your final disc? toured with the Academy Chorus in The Gypsy Kings singing Bamboléo. Spain, so it was a full year! I’ve always loved this kind of music, flamenco, Spain, Spanish And your next choice? architecture... this piece is so upbeat This is Anna is a Dancer by Harbottle and I love the emotional charge in his and Jonas. Our daughter Anna is a voice! dancer and Freya now sings full-time in this folk duo with her husband, And if you could only have one? David. By 2010 Freya was starting to The Matthew Passion – so I’d have perform and I felt it was time for me more time to really get inside it. to hand on to the next generation. I’d started teaching singing and piano What about your book? at Reigate Grammar in 2005 and Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings – I can’t see found that enormously rewarding. when else I’d find time to read it. But I’d also begun to want the time spent practising to do other things, so And your luxury item? chose to stop performing. Yet I realise A Yamaha grand piano, perhaps with now that I can only teach at this level an oboe in the piano stool (Ed – not because of everything else I’ve done. allowed!) And my job, which I love, is one reason why we’re still in Westcott. Jenny, thank you so much for sharing your Desert Island Discs. So how would you sum up the place of music in your life? Interview by Heather Shakespeare It’s obviously been central, but is both 15 16 FOWL PLAY!

Many passers-by will have been gardens his territory and soon established amused, entertained or just charmed a routine which involved descending by the antics of a guinea fowl that took from his roost in the Chestnut tree around up residence in our gardens. 8, a late rising bird, pecking around for bugs before being fed by one of us. Guinea aka “Tweedle” came seeking refuge when the chicken coups were He adopted us as much as we adopted dismantled prior to the Pip Brook housing him. A semi wild bird who was always development. At first there were two, free to leave but chose to stay. He but sadly one disappeared very early, wasn’t daft, no doubt the constant possibly taken by a fox. Nicknamed supply of bird seed being a factor in his Tweedledum and Tweedledee the staying especially in the winter when the surviving Tweedledum made his (we insect pickings were not so rich! It wasn’t think) home with us for the last four just the food. He seemed to enjoy our years. company, chatting away to us with a soft chirruping as we worked or sat in the garden. He liked to help – well hinder really, pecking the soil out of pots in search of grubs and making shallow holes everywhere to sit and sunbathe in.

As he became more at home it was clear that our respective gardens were very much his territory. He deigned to share it with the assortment of ducks, pheasants and moor hens that also visited. Woe Guinea fowl are native to Sub Saharan betides any creature that came too Africa and are large insect and plant close. He was in charge of our 2 cats eating birds. We are not sure how old who were frankly terrified of him. They our Guinea was but they normally all enjoyed a kind of mutual respect. have a life span of about 12 years. We He defended the ducklings from crows grew enormously fond of Tweedle and and squawked in a deafening fashion enjoyed being up, close and personal when he thought no one was paying with this amazing bird. He had beautiful attention. He was intelligent, playful, grey spotted feathers which he would soulful, bonkers and cantankerous, occasionally leave us as a present. hurling himself at the cat flap and then running like the ‘roadrunner’ up and He very much made the adjoining down the terrace in the mornings as if to

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18 FOWL PLAY! (cont.) make a point. ‘Where is my breakfast?’ to launch into his chestnut tree the tree roost – he had taken to spending his He survived being chased by dogs on nights on the fence against the garage. numerous occasions, once ending up Only 5 feet high it was not such a safe high on the garage roof in a cacophony place to perch. This eventually was his of squawking where he sat surveying the undoing. world indignantly until deciding it was safe to flutter back down to the lawn. Despite our best endeavours he would On another, chased over a hedge not be persuaded to return to the he was caught by a neighbour’s dog chestnut tree for his night’s lodging. So losing a whole clump of tail feathers in it was with concern and consternation the process. Luckily, the dog released when one morning feathers were him and Guinea shot off down the found but no Tweedle. Further discovery Pippbrook stream and it took an hour of more of those beautiful feathers in to coax him slowly back home. The tail Balchin’s Lane rather confirmed our feathers grew back eventually. suspicions that Tweedle had finally used up the ninth of his lives and succumbed When we returned from work he would to a predator. This time he did not come come running to meet us. Guinea was back, bedraggled but unbeaten as pretty speedy on his feet when the previous hostile encounters. Again a fox mood took him, and would trot around was the major suspect. to his feed bowl and would pick out the best seeds and scatter the rest around Nature can be savage at times and we – we have never had so much grass will greatly miss our Guinea. He was an growing up through the cracks in the engaging character affording us not paving. only detailed observation of but huge entertainment by his behaviour. He was And don’t mention the pooh! a free spirit wandering over his claimed Everywhere – but that was ok. We just territory, occasionally straying on the swept it onto the flower beds where it road and sometimes being a low flying did its job as a nitrogen rich fertilizer. And hazard. Guinea did his job as a pest controller magnificently. He loved to peck at the Faithful and monogamous animals, plants. Potato leaves were a particular Tweedledee has re-joined his favourite. We didn’t mind. Tweedledum .

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20 WESTCOTT VILLAGE ASSOCIATION NEWS

This is a big challenge for MVDC and they have concluded that all communities in the District should play a part in meeting the housing need, including the rural villages like Westcott. The WVA broadly accepts that Westcott should play its part in contributing to meeting the identified housing need in the District. Having worked really hard to be succinct last time round I fear that MVDC’s planning department made this month I will have to revert to a a call for sites from landowners late more lengthy piece in order to deal last year with a closing date of 5th with the issues arising from the Village February. They have evaluated the Open Meeting on 4th September sites that were put forward to them and which around 150 residents attended. have identified two preferred options My apologies, but this is important for for Westcott. These both involve everyone. extending the village boundary into land currently designated as Green At the meeting Guy Davies, the MVDC Belt, the boundaries for which were Planning Policy Manager presented last drawn in the 1980’s. It is worth potential development sites for noting that if boundary changes are Westcott Village; the context for this is made in this plan, they cannot be that the District Council is embarking changed again until the next plan is on its new Local Plan which will run for brought forward in 15 years’ time. 15 years and is unlikely to be adopted before 2021. It will have to go through The plots are shown on a map of the consultation of the draft Plan in 2019 village which can be found on the and examination in public in 2020. WVA website (www.westcottvillage. com) or Mole Valley website at www. Central Government requires MVDC futuremolevalley.org/villages.The to identify sites across the District WVA had no involvement in putting that can deliver 6,600 new homes in sites forward or for proposing the two the next plan period. That is 440 new areas currently under consideration, homes a year including market and nor did it have prior knowledge of affordable housing. The current rate of what was being presented at the delivery in MVDC is around 220 homes meeting. a year.

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The Westcott House site (to the north- least in Mole Valley and the Council east of the village) is 2.32 hectares in has failed to resolve the matter. We size and the combined Mill Way site are now at a situation where it is (to the north-west of the village) is 2.04 becoming increasingly obvious that hectares in size. 30 and 14 housing we will be forced to give up some areas units respectively have tentatively of Green Belt land to development. been suggested by MVDC. Other Do we want to resist that at all costs, sites were put forward but rejected by or work with the council to come to an MVDC and the WVA has asked to see agreement about what is sensible and details of these. proportionate development for the village? The Open meeting itself generated some helpful questions and • In the last 5 years we have lost our observations, as well as the expected post office, village store, the Day concerns when the subject of the Nursery, the Youth Club, one pub and erosion of the Green Belt is raised. one restaurant; the numbers attending What was put forward at the meeting Surrey Hills CofE Primary School are is an initial proposal, which the WVA worryingly low, and there are fewer and Mole Valley are seeking people’s young families moving into the village views on. It is not a “fait accomplis” – because of stagnation in our internal we are being given the opportunity to housing market. Do we accept that consider what is right for the village. some new housing will reverse what We do however need to respond with is a worrying trend for amenities in our our views no later than the end of village? October. • Unlike many villages in Mole Valley we There is more information which the have a Neighbourhood Development WVA needs to gather and which Plan. Some will argue that this now has MVDC needs to provide to us, and little weight, but the indications that I really urge that people do express the WVA have had are that MVDC their opinions because these will help do see it as having weight, and are us achieve what is right for the village. wanting to work with us to ensure In considering your perspective I would that, if development takes place, it ask you to think about the following: will work with us to achieve what the village needs. The Springfield Meadow • The issues around Development on development did not give the village Green Belt and Brown Belt land have what it needed in order to stimulate been going on for the last 5 years at movement in its housing market and 23 • Boys & Girls aged 2-13 • Weekly, flexi and ad hoc boarding • Minibus services to surrounding areas • Evening collection up to 8pm • First class education and results • Outstanding extra-curricular programmes • Situated in idyllic spacious grounds in the Surrey Hills Achievement through Happiness

Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6LQ 01306 730852 www.belmont-school.org [email protected] 24 WESTCOTT VILLAGE ASSOCIATION NEWS (cont.) we need to guard against doing this extent are there potential additional a second time. Do we believe that benefits which can be built into any the Neighbourhood Development development schemes which might Plan, combined with a more open come to fruition? and proactive Village Association, can successfully manage a positive I pose these questions to stimulate outcome for the village? thoughts and generate constructive comment as we go through the • The proposals put forward at the consultation process – nothing more Open Meeting suggest that around 44 – and the WVA will welcome your houses would be a modest addition thoughts at future Open Meetings – to the village housing stock. Those the next being the Village Association numbers are not set in stone and need AGM on Wednesday 17th October in to be examined but are of a lower St John’s Hall (the notice for which is density than the council is proposing published in this edition). elsewhere in the District. Do we believe this is a reasonable number as long as For more information about the it is what the village needs? Council’s proposals please go the Village Association web site where a • New development can, in certain number of pieces of information have circumstances, generate money in the been and will continue to be posted. form of the Community Infrastructure www.westcottvillage.com Levy (CIL) which the village can use for community projects or enhancements On other matters – some progress is to our village. Do we believe that there being made on the speeding and are projects which we can use this sort noise issues raised in July and we are of money for? progressing the possibility of average speed cameras from Sondes Place, • Both sites proposed by MVDC will Dorking through to Gomshall as one be subject to “deliverability tests” – way of dealing with the problem. one key element of this is access onto These cameras have had a dramatic the A25. In both cases one solution effect on reducing speeding along might be to install roundabouts on the Mickleham Bends and could do each entrance to the development the same for us. The Department for site and as one resident suggested Transport appear interested and ready at the Open Meeting this could have to provide some capital financing to a very dramatic effect on slowing deliver it. traffic through the village. To what 25

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Again, some discussions have taken completely renovating the benches place about out of Village parking for on Westcott Heath. We are very weekend cyclist and walking visitors lucky to have craftsmen like Tony in but it is still early days on finding a the village and we are grateful for specific solution. the time he has put in to achieve something which is in keeping with our rural setting and which will last a long time.

Finally, I want to thank Tony Winch Tim Way, Chairman for the fantastic job he has done in ([email protected])

Rev John Weyman Vicar of Westcott 1976 - 1997

John Weyman, later known as John Weyman Pack-Beresford, was Vicar of Westcott from 1976 - 1997. On his retirement he and his wife Pat moved to their home in Cornwall.

In recent years John was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and died on 7 May 2018 at home, aged 86, with Pat and their daughter Julia by his side. A quiet funeral was held in Cornwall.

Pat and Julia would like to thank everyone for their kind messages, cards and letters following John’s death, from which we have taken much strength.

A Service of Thanksgiving for John’s life will be held on Saturday 20 October at 2pm at Holy Trinity Church, Westcott followed by tea. All are very wel- come.

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Westcott Litter Pick A huge thank you to everyone that helped out at Westcott Litter Pick. The seven volunteers covered Guildford Road, The Green, Westcott Street, Cradhurst Close, Cradhurst, The Cyclepath, Ashley Road, Furlong Road, Chapel Lane, Watson Road and St John’s Road in a couple of hours. Nitrous Oxide Some of the items collected during the litter pick are a sign of the times in our village. As well as the golf balls, discarded toy cow, drinks bottles, tobacco tab wrappers, sweet wrappers and empty bottles of vodka, we also picked up a number of Nitrous Oxide cannisters.

These 7cm silver flasks might look shiny, The good news is that the haul, but their contents can be anything but especially from Cradhurst and the fun. They are normally used for such Cycle path, was significantly less than objects as whipped cream, but when when we last did this some two years found in open spaces have probably ago. Thank you to everyone who been for being directly inhaled. has taken on the advice and pleas to take their rubbish home with them What is nitrous oxide? and, where appropriate, to recycle Nitrous oxide is a gas with several the items. It really is appreciated legitimate uses, but when inhaled by the human and animal residents it can make people feel euphoric of the village – protecting our local and relaxed. This happy feeling has environment isn’t just about us. led to it being nicknamed ‘laughing 29 A SELECTIVE INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AGED 4 - 16 WITH CO-EDUCATIONAL NURSERY

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Other risks include: • Unconsciousness or death from Nitrous oxide canisters found on the litter pick lack of oxygen. This occurs when the available oxygen for breathing is There are three main legitimate uses of effectively pushed out by the nitrous nitrous oxide: oxide. The risk is greater if the gas is • To numb pain during medical consumed in an enclosed space or if procedures such as dental work. a plastic bag is used that covers both • In engines to increase their power nose and mouth. output. • Heavy regular use of nitrous oxide • In catering, in whipped cream can lead to deficiency of vitamin B12 aerosol cans to prevent the cream and to a form of anaemia. The severe going ‘bad’ and in food packaging to B12 deficiency can lead to serious prevent the food from rotting. nerve damage in some cases, which causes tingling and numbness in the What are the effects of nitrous oxide? fingers and toes and other extremities, Nitrous oxide is depressant-type drug, and even difficulties with walking and which means it slows down your brain pains in affected areas. and your body’s responses. The effects • Regular use may also depress of nitrous oxide vary depending on formation of white blood cells. how much has been inhaled but they include: It can be hard to judge the amount 31 Our Services include

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If you are reading this and want a chat, then feel free to get in touch – [email protected], 07710 433793 or if you prefer write to me at Merivale, The Hildens, Westcott, RH4 3JX.

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Yoga with Kasia Yoga classes have been running for the last couple of years at St John’s Chapel on Thursday evenings starting at 6:00 pm & 7:30 pm and on Friday mornings at 9:15 am. Each class lasts 75 minutes. I also hold quarterly workshops on Saturday mornings, where we work deeper into postures and dedicate more time to other aspects of yoga like philosophy, breathing and meditation.

I teach Hatha yoga, a type that uses physical exercises to master the body, along with breathing and meditative exercises to quieten the mind and ultimately attain a more peaceful life. After 15 years of practice and study, I became an accredited teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga, the national governing body for yoga in the UK, and I continue to develop my teaching through workshops, study and conferences.

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For more information, visit YogaWithKasia.co.uk, or call me on 07796 170089 39 DONALD GORDON PAYNE 1924-2018

Donald penned the us, I volunteered to be a pilot in the following words about Fleet Air Arm. After training at Sealand his life in 2013: near Liverpool and Kingston Ontario, I was awarded my wings and joined a I was born at 175 Swordfish squadron. I also saw service Denmark Hill in on Atlantic and Russian convoys. southeast London. My dad was a Kiwi who had come to When the war ended, I took my place in England in 1917 with the ANZACs. My Corpus Christi. I also got married, having mum had been a Red Cross nurse in the met Barbara at RNAS Abbotsinch (now First World War. Glasgow Airport) where we had both been stationed. We rented a cottage I was educated at Dulwich College a few miles outside Oxford, and in the Preparatory School and Charterhouse. next three years I undoubtedly spent By and large, I enjoyed my school days more time in Willow Cottage and on helped perhaps by the fact that I was the tennis court than attending lectures! reasonably good at sport and had a I left Oxford in 1950 with an honours splendid housemaster/headmaster, degree in history and a blue for tennis. Robert Birley. I remember him as an inspirational teacher, and a fair and I got a job almost immediately with caring housemaster, who told us that a very small publisher, Christopher “since much has been granted to you, Johnson whose “offices” were a couple much will be expected of you.” of rooms above a fishmongers in Kensington Mews. I did all sorts of jobs for While I was at Charterhouse it them: licked stamps, travelling as a sales became apparent that I was seriously rep, editing and ghost writing. I wrote unbalanced! I was absolutely hopeless my first book for them –Dorset Harbours. at maths – being the only person that I Much to our surprise it got a very kind have ever heard of who managed to fail review in the Sunday Times by John Elementary Maths in School Certificate Arlott of cricketing fame. After about (twice!) but reasonably good at history three years I joined a larger publisher, and literature. In 1942 I was accepted Robert Hale, and became head of their by Corpus Christi College, Oxford to editorial department. I ghosted several read History. However, we were now at best-selling war stories for Robert Hale war with Germany, so I had to join up. but because I worked on these stories in the publisher’s time, I got no royalties. Influenced, perhaps, by Birley’s dictum Deciding to have a go on my own, I took that much would be expected of home enough ghosting work to keep

40 DONALD GORDON PAYNE (cont.) me in funds for a year and wrote a first and two great grandchildren. We were novel. This certainly wasn’t a best seller, divorced in 1977. My hobbies used to but it did well enough to encourage me be tennis and gardening; they are now to go on writing. bowls, bridge and looking at my garden which I am told, is considered one of My second novel Walkabout hit the the finest in Surrey. I’m still scribbling jackpot, and ever since I managed away and my latest book has just been to earn a decent living from writing. published a few months before my My favourites are – non-fiction (Ian ninetieth birthday. Cameron*) Red Duster, White Ensign – the story of the Malta Convoys and (*Use of Riders of the Storm: the story of the Royal pseudonyms National Lifeboat Institution and fiction Donald wrote (James Vance Marshall*) A River Ran his books out of Eden and White-Out. My Agents under a tell me my books have been translated pseudonym into nineteen different languages and because have sold several million copies all over he disliked the world. Quite a few were published publicity. The by the Readers Digest, for whom I name Ian became a consultant editor. Cameron Cartoon presented was chosen for his first on his 90th birthday Soon after leaving Oxford we bought novel because this was the name of his a small cottage in Newdigate. After Godfather. The name James Vance about ten years by which time we had Marshall was chosen for his second three children, we moved to Pippacre novel because the late James Vance on Logmore Marshall provided material on the Heath, Westcott Australian outback without which the where I have lived novel Walkabout could not have been for the last fifty- written.) odd years. Donald Payne, writer and WW11 Fleet Barbara and I Air Arm pilot was born on 3 January have five children 1924. He died at East Surrey Hospital (Christopher, after living at Pippacre, Westcott Nigel, Adrian, Donald Payne at his Heath, Westcott from 1958 to 2017 then Pippacre desk Alison and Robin) Bramley House nursing home, Westcott, and currently (2013) six grandchildren on 22 August 2018 aged 94.

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Annual October Exhibition 2018 Friday 12th October – Sunday th The Dorking Group of Artists, one of 14 October 10.00am – 5.30pm* the largest art groups in Surrey, will (*The exhibition closes at 4pm on th be once again holding their popular Sunday 14 October) Annual Exhibition at Denbies Wine The Dorking Group of Artists meets Estate in October. Exhibiting members, on Tuesday afternoons at Beare many professionals among them, Green Village Hall from September will be displaying over 250 pieces of through to Easter. Membership is exciting new and original art, all for open to artists of all abilities, from sale at affordable prices. beginner to professional and costs just £20 per calendar year. The activities programme is varied and includes workshops and demonstrations. (Outdoor painting and sketching during the summer months). www.dga.org.uk

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The paintings should appeal to every taste, featuring different subjects and styles and covering a wide variety of prices and media. There will be a large selection of unframed paintings for sale too. Entrance to the exhibition is free and Denbies has a good café and restaurant, wine and beer, runs tours Still Life with Gourds by Colin Twinn of the vineyard and has an excellent shop, so come and make a day of it! For more information contact Jane There is plenty of free parking. Anderson Wood (Chairman) Tel: 01372 375123. The exhibition, at Denbies Wine Estate, Email: [email protected] London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA Jacky Cowdrey is open from: Exhibitions Secretary 43 A4 HSH Ad Feb 2017 Print.pdf 1 23/02/2017 12:21

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From September 7 to October 21, On Saturday 13 October 17.30 – 19.00 Friday to Sunday, ‘Not Just Darwins: Gwen Raverat’s grandson, William The Intertwined Art of Gwen Raverat, Pryor explores the work of Gwen Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frances Raverat, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Cornford’ is an exhibition of prints, Frances Cornford and their creative paintings, poems and music at Leith Hill links. Tickets £20 each. Booking Place. Charles Darwin’s grandchildren essential via https://www.raverat. included the poet Frances Cornford com/tickets/events/ and the wood-engraver, painter and writer, Gwen Raverat. Ralph Vaughan Wednesday 24 October 10am or Williams was their cousin and 1.30pm. Bring your children for some contemporary, who grew up at Leith Creepy Crafts and Spooktacular Hill Place. The exhibition celebrates this Baking. Make a bat mask or witches family of achievers. Free with entry to hat, a trick or treat bag, and bake the house. Normal admission charges gingerbread shapes. Suitable for apply for non members. ages 4-10. All children must be accompanied by an adult. (Because of space restrictions only one adult per child attending.) Tickets £10 per session Booking essential either online at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/leith-hill- place or call 0344 249 1895.

Friday 26 – Sunday 28 October, 11am – 4pm. Halloween at Leith Hill Place. Drop in to the house and see it dressed for Halloween. There will be a free children’s trail to follow, colouring and simple crafts, as well as story telling at The Cobbled Yard, by Gwen Raverat 12noon, 1.30pm & 3pm. Our tea room Thursday 11 October 2018, 14.00 – will have special spooky treats for you 15.30. Join us for a very special tea to enjoy. Normal admission charges party to celebrate Ralph Vaughan apply for non members. Williams’ birthday. Talented young Anna Trenter 45

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A Renaissance courtyard house was subsequently constructed but after occupation by French prisoners during the Seven Years war (1756-1763) much of this was destroyed. Later the tower and some of the buildings were repaired and eventually Vita Sackville- West and Harold Nicolson bought the romantic site and set about creating There was time for another walk around a garden. the flower gardens and as a bee- keeper’s mother I was pleased to see My only previous visit to Sissinghurst so many bees at work and know that was in the Spring-time when daffodils the National Trust uses no pesticides. dominated but on this occasion the We could not leave without buying a garden was at the height of its summer plant and I am now the owner of two glory. The understandably well-known unusual penstemons. This was a happy and beautiful white garden was and successful day out. a bridal mass of white and cream text by Jenny Ford flowers. However there are so many photos by Millicent Lake 51 For further information email: [email protected] tel: 01483 205762 Digital print in the heart of the Surrey Hills established 1989 website: www.careprint.uk

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October sees the Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival taking place in and around Dorking. This annual celebration of the arts has gone from strength to strength and expanded over the years, so that it now offers a wide range of activities embracing all the arts. There are many musical events included in the programme. All the information is contained in the festival brochure, available from the Dorking Halls and around Dorking. Do pick one up and go to some of the events!

Among the music on offer this month is a concert by the Dorking Chamber Orchestra. The programme will include Beethoven’s Coriolan overture and his Emperor piano concerto, together with Haydn’s Drum Roll symphony. The Dorking Concertgoers present a flute and harp recital, with a wide range of music from a Bach sonata and a group of Schubert songs, to music by three twentieth-century composers: Bartok, Lutoslawski and Piazzolla.

The Leith Hill festival is hosting a Come & Sing event, in which Jonathan Willcocks will rehearse singers in choruses from Haydn’s Creation, followed by an informal performance at the end of the day. Tickets should be bought in advance via the LHMF website. Registration is from 9.30 on the day and entry is free to under- 18s!

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We advise residents to get into the habit of closing doors at night. I appreciate this is not always practical for every room, but as the kitchen and lounge usually have the most electrical equipment in a home, these are the most important. A closed door has 3 main benefits in the event of a fire: However, the second photograph shows the room on the opposite side of • A standard internal door can hold the door which has been devastated back a fire for 20 to 30 minutes, which by an intense fire. prevents fire from spreading to the rest of the home.

• A closed door prevents the spread of smoke. Although a small quantity of smoke will escape, enough to set off alarms, escape routes are kept clear enough for you to escape to safety. Even a small fire can produce great quantities of smoke.

• Restricting the spread of flame and smoke the rest of the home can be I hope you all remain safe and well spared the damage caused by fire. and I’ll write again next month.

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66 APPEAL FOR HELP - ST JOHN’S CHURCHYARD The Grave of Private F. C. Barnes Royal Army Medical Corps - Died 31st March 1918

Appeal for volunteers In St John’s graveyard, there is the grave of Private Frederick Charles Barnes of the Royal Army Medical Corps who died on the 31st March 1918. Private Barnes, like many thousands of other brave soldiers, paid the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War of 1914 – 1918, and his final resting place is here in Westcott.

Sadly, like many of the graves in St John’s grave yard, minimal ground maintenance over many years has resulted in significant foliage growth and the grave of Private Barnes is almost lost in the undergrowth.

A small group of volunteers would, in the first instance, like to clear the grave of Private Barnes in time for the centenary of the Armistice on the 11th November 2018, and have him remembered during the Wednesday service at St Johns closest to the Armistice. The group would then move on to a more general tidy up of the graveyard.

The ambition of the group is to clear the grave of Private Barnes and provide a simple floral tribute by November 2018. Although some work has already been carried out in the graveyard, much more work is required. This is an appeal for volunteers to join a number of work parties to achieve this ambition. It is currently planned to have monthly work parties on a number of Friday afternoon and also on a Tuesday evening.

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In 1969, their daughter Marion was born, their pride and joy, and in 1971 Many of us who shop regularly at the they decided to branch out into selling Kingfisher Farm Shop in Abinger, will fruit and veg, so a shed was erected have been saddened to hear of the at the back of the house. Barrie, death of Margaret Arminson, who with and sometimes Margaret, would her husband Barrie ran the shop and go to London markets to buy the gave us all a wonderful alternative to produce, and so the seed was sown the traffic queue into Dorking. for the creation of the Kingfisher Farm Shop which which we are so familiar Margaret was born in Berkshire into a today. (With some considerable farming family, her father a Scot and modifications.) A year later, Edward her mother a proud Lancashire lass. arrived to complete the family and The family moved to Leith Hill Farm the farm shop became bigger and when Margaret was eight, where busier, taking up most of Margaret her father farmed for Sir Ralph and and Barrie’s lives. Lady Wedgwood at Leith Hill Place. Involved in the farm from her early However, Margaret still found time days, she farmed alongside her father to support the Royal Agricultural when her parents moved to Capel. Benevolent Institution with fundraising functions, and the Young Farmers, In July 1959, at the age of sixteen, she and to help out at Fanny’s Farm was invited, as a member of Dorking Marmalade Competition. Arguably Young Farmers, to Barry Arminson’s at the centre of village life in Abinger, twenty first birthday. But it was only she was a keyholder at the Abinger when she acquired a Lambretta in Hammer Village Hall, helping out

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Nature Deer Trees Wildlife Grass Frogs Ecofriendly Hiking Pond Survival Berries Animals Flowers Families Hill 73 A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTCOTT DAIRY George Arthur Garner Tunnell was 27th September 1914 next door in St born in Leatherhead on 1st September Johns Chapel and moved into number 1887, the third child to Charles and 3 Furlong Road, where he continued Selina Tunnell. He left school aged 12 his dairy business. when the family moved to Westcott Later, George and Mabel had two and lived in Coombe Cottages. His daughters, Maidy and Alma, the father Charles worked at the brickyard business was growing now with the at Whitedown in the summer, then as assistance of his brother Albert and a woodsman in the winter. The family sister Dorothy. moved again in 1903 to Coldharbour where Charles farmed for a few Although George was now delivering years, and it was here that the young milk and dairy George became involved in farming produce on this horse and dairying. and cart, his elder daughters Maidy At 16 years of age, and Alma were also George Tunnell was delivering milk on given the opportunity bicycles. George’s of taking on a small younger daughters milk round which had George and Mabel Iris and Joy; both become available in aged seven; were given small leather the village. He would bags that each held 4 pints of milk cycle to Park Farm and they delivered these on foot up Wotton to collect Parsonage Lane, (which was then a the milk and would then cycle back rough track called Sandy Lane, and around the village and further twice a before that in 1861 known as Grists day, every day delivering the fresh milk Lane). They had to be finished by 8am in a can from which he would pour ½ or would be late for school in Westcott. pint measures into the customers’ jugs at their door. All this would be done on With the outbreak of the first world his trusty old tradesman’s bicycle. war, George and his family continued their business, but in 1916 he was George was a hard worker and as the called up, and he enlisted in the round grew, he bought a horse and Royal Flying Corps, leaving Mabel and cart, and much later, a small van. It was Dorothy to run the business. George while delivering milk that he met Ellen survived the war and on his return to Mabel Mansell who lived at The White Westcott continued with his family to House, Chapel Lane. Ellen (known as run the business so successfully that in Mabel) and George married on the 1924 they were able to move to the 74 A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTCOTT DAIRY (cont.) premises on the corner of North Street Counties Dairies which later became and Westcott Street. He had built up a Unigate. herd of 50 Jersey and Guernsey cows at Park Farm, Wotton on land that he George was a lifelong teetotaler and had rented from 1926 to 1951. The milk non-smoker and sang for many years and cream were of such high quality in the church choir at Holy Trinity, that it was in great demand at very Westcott. His health exclusive hotels and restaurants in deteriorated and he London, including Harrods! died on 26th March 1956 and is buried George and his family were to move at Holy Trinity. He left to Park Farm to live in 1938. With the five daughters and 16 outbreak of World War Two, George grandchildren, many served as a Corporal in the local who still live in and Home Guard. Ever the entrepreneur, George Tunnell around Westcott. between the wars George had built a pasteurizing, cooling and bottling After George’s death the dairy plant in Chapel Lane, it was here in a continued as a business operating different building that the cardboard from The Burrell until 1994 when it was capping process took place, later to demolished. The site is now the small become the more familiar foil tops. housing estate called Dairy Close. In 1949, to comply with more modern strict regulations he had it rebuilt George Tunnell was a kind and and modernized to become a more benevolent man, and well respected efficient business. in the Westcott community. His kindness and generosity were such There was a demand for unpasteurized that it was well known that he would milk at this time and only cows that give an extra ladle of milk or cream had not been exposed to Tuberculosis to those who were suffering hardship (T.B.) were allowed to have their milk or ill health. Needless to say, he would sold raw. George bought Logmore not charge them. A much loved and Farm specifically for this purpose. respected man was George Tunnell.

George began to suffer from ill-health My thanks to Dillys Robertshaw, and as a result in 1951 he sold his dairy granddaughter of George for her kind business, farm and North Street shop permissions to use family photographs. to Mr. Vacher who at this time was trading as Westcott Dairies Limited. Jeff Davies Mr. Vacher then sold it on to Home 75 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX

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