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The Resident Free! Published and Distributed by Volunteers to the 4,200 Households of Horsell The magazine of Horsell Residents’ Association The Resident Free! Published and distributed by volunteers to the 4,200 households of Horsell Winter 2012 Inside this issue Woking High exhibits at RHS Wisley Beavers walk custard at Bazzaz www.Horsellresidents.com Blog: http://horsellresident.wordpress.com Pedal4Charity Twitter: http://twitter.com/Horsellresident fundraiser review Benstead’s Garage in the snow. Photo copyright John Worgan The Resident A word from the Editor Published by HORSELL RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION LTD Welcome to the Winter edition. As always there is plenty happening in the village and lots of new initiatives being suggested. The Second Thursday Club has a round-up Magazine team: of diverse on-going and possible future projects on pages 4-5, so do get in touch to Editor: Linda Banks – express your views or lend a hand. email: [email protected] We are spreading a little goodwill in this festive issue, with our Christmas Competition Ann Harington – Tel. 761624 on page 10 and a chance to win £20. Send your entries in by 17th December. Peter Hobbs – Tel. 824069 This is your magazine, representing your community, so tell us what you want featured, Dorothy Smith – Tel. 836031 or even better send in an article or photograph relating to Horsell or your local group Janice Worgan and its activities. Please email comments, articles, letters With warm wishes for Christmas and the New Year, or Horsell photos to: [email protected] Linda Published by Horsell Residents’ Association Linda’s Email: [email protected] Limited. A non-profit company limited by guarantee. Registered number 5377490. Text and photos copyright individual authors and The Resident tweets photographers as named. Some of you may know the micro-blogging website twitter.com, which has become Printed by: Red Eye Print, 56 Goldsworth Rd, Woking GU21 6LE. incredibly popular in recent times! E-mail: [email protected] People use it to post very short comments (limited to 140 characters) and we enjoy Tel: 01483 772111 seeing Horsell businesses and residents using it to let people know what they’re up to. Artwork by: TBB Design. www.tbbdesign.co.uk To give you a flavour, here are some of the recent tweets we’ve seen: Tel: 01483 829185 “@foxyTel Just back from 22 mile ride, easing into training for Horsell to Paris next year No responsibility for the quality of goods or services advertised in this magazine can be accepted by the in aid of Woking Hospice @pedal4charity @WSBHospices.” publishers or printers. Advertisements are included in good faith. No part of this magazine may be reproduced “@ElaineMcGinty Switching OFF the work computer...now off to prepare for the Lovely in any form whatsoever without the prior permission of the Music Night Tonight! Oxjam collection, great music The Crown #Horsell 8pm.” Publishers. The Publishers do not necessarily agree with the views expressed by contributors, nor do they accept “@stephenprince4 We have fresh game in at Prince & Son’s butchers and on the 15th any responsibility for errors of interpretation in the subject matter of this magazine. All reasonable care is taken to October we have been in the village for one year.” ensure accuracy in preparation of the magazine but the publishers cannot be held legally responsible for errors in “@CllrAnnMarie At #Horsell Police Panel meet. Arrests made & two people imprisoned the articles or the return of unsolicited manuscripts, artwork, or projects. Whilst every care is taken, no responsibility can in relation to burglaries in #Horsell in recent months.” be accepted for the safety of material submitted. “@Aiming2BFitter At The Red Lion #Horsell, wine in hand, ready for Book Group. This month’s books were great reads IMHO. Hope the others agree!” Horsell Residents’ Association Contacts We tweet our ‘What’s on in Horsell’ posts every week, so if you’re trying out twitter for yourself, do come and find us @horsellresident. President: Dorothy Smith Tel. 836031; [email protected] Greta Chair: Janice Worgan Greta’s Email: [email protected] Acting Chair: Tony Kremer Blog: Tel: 764351; [email protected] http://horsellresident.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/Horsellresident Hon. Treasurer: Vacant Hon. Secretary and Acting Treasurer: Carol Cheesman Tel. 01483 766696; The Resident print magazine: Linda Banks – email: [email protected] [email protected] HRA blog and twitter feed: Greta Hughson – email: [email protected] Membership Secretary: Peter Hobbs Advertising: Peter Hobbs – email: [email protected] Tel. 824069; [email protected] NEXT ISSUE: Spring 2013 – copy deadline January 25. Page 2 The Resident – Winter 2012 NEWS Chair for 2012/13, she stepped forward and took help Horsell in the coming Janice Worgan’s Illness on that role, and when in June the HRA Treasurer months, you say yes. If A lesson we all learn in life is that we can left through pressure of other work, it was Janice we all think positively, as never take things for granted and our good who took over the reins there as well. Always she has always done, we health we must regard as a gift to enjoy while quietly competent, hard-working and positive, can not only keep going we have it. This truth really hits home when you Janice would never let anyone down. despite this major upset, hear that someone close to you, in seemingly In that spirit we are trying to keep the HRA but indeed move forward. good health, is suddenly struck down with a business going during this no doubt lengthy Tony Kremer life-threatening illness. period of uncertainty. I was approached by Carol Janice Worgan’s unexpected collapse into a Cheesman and Dorothy Smith to join them on UPDATE: After 12 days, Janice at the coma on Saturday 27 October came as a shock the Board as Acting Chair, and certainly until the Jubilation. Photo: on 7th November, Janice to family and friends equally. Her condition has AGM in late Spring I shall do my best to combine Geoff Banks regained consciousness. improved a little, at the time of writing, but she this role with coordinating the Second Thursday remains critically ill. Our thoughts are with her Club and my responsibilities to the Woking Now she is no longer dependent on specialist loved ones and her dearest friends. Association of Neighbourhood Watches. equipment, she has been moved to St. Peter’s Hospital, which is so much closer to her home She leaves many gaps behind her, not least Nothing could give a greater testament to Janice and family. here at Horsell Residents’ Association (HRA). than for us to rally round as a community to keep It is typical of Janice that when it became clear the things she valued going and so I ask that I am sure you all join with the HRA in wishing her last May that no one was being nominated as if you personally are asked to do something to a steady recovery. St Mary the Virgin Church Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road, GU21 4LH Christmas Church Services Church Hill, Horsell GU21 4QQ Sunday 16th December Nativity Service 10.30am; Horsell Evangelical Church Salvation Army Church Sunday 16th December Holy Ground 7pm High Street, Horsell GU21 4SZ Sythwood, Woking GU21 3BE Nine Lessons and Carols 6.30pm Thursday 20th December Midweek Carol Service 2.30pm Sunday 16th December Sunday 23rd December Monday 24th December Carol Service 3.30pm Family Carol Service 11am Crib and Christingle services 3pm and 4.15pm Sunday 23rd December Early Communion 8.45am Speaker: Rev Winston Saunders Sunday 23rd December Monday 24th December (Children taking part in the service) Carols by Candlelight 6pm Midnight Communion 11.30pm Sunday 23rd December Morning Worship 10.30am (Refreshments after the Tuesday 25th December Tuesday 25th December Sunday 23rd December Carol Service 7pm service in the Church Hall) Christmas Day Service 10.30am Holy Communion (Prayer Book Service) 8am Monday 24th December Crib & Christingle Service 3pm Tuesday 25th December Sunday 30th December Tuesday 25th December Monday 24th December Midnight Communion 11pm Christmas Day Family Service 10.30am Sunday Worship 11am Family Communion with carols 10am Tuesday 25th December Christmas Day service 10am ‘Quite outstanding diligence, tenacity and patience in this transaction Patron Matt Flint (winner of so you think you can dance) Independent Day School for Girls & Boys aged 3-13 and gave us wise counsel.’ Modern Tap Ballet Commercial Jazz Recent Morrisons Solicitors client Musical Theatre Singing Drama Let your child join the Highly qualified Local legal experts fun! experienced teachers. • Wills • Family No other school in • Probate • Employment l for life Surrey is more qualified! Devel potentia • Tax planning • Debt recovery oping • Residential • Dispute resolution conveyancing • Corporate & Commercial ~ Caring, family atmosphere ~ Personal attention ~ Based in Horsell • Personal injury • Commercial property ~ High academic achievements ~ Village Hall with ~ Strong emphasis on Music, Sport & Art ~ Looking after you, your family classes held during and your business the week and on a ~ Extensive programme of after school activities ~ Saturday Contact Michael Kirtley | [email protected] Church Hill House, Horsell, Woking, Surrey GU21 4QW Classes from as little as £5.00 Telephone: 01483 760943 REDHILL | WOKING | WIMBLEDON | CAMBERLEY Reg. Charity No. 297580 2nd Floor, Cleary Court, 169 Church Street East, Established to promote and provide for the advancement of education Woking, Surrey GU21 6HJ (01483) 726 146 | morrlaw.com www.st-andrews.woking.sch.uk The Resident – Winter 2012 Page 3 SECOND THURSDAY CLUB For those of you who are new to Horsell, the Second Thursday Club (STC) is an informal band of residents and local traders who want to come up with good ideas for improving the community where we live and work and put them into action.
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