PARISH NEWS 40P November 2019

SMALLFIELD and BURSTOW PARISH NEWS 40p November 2019

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SMALLFIELD and BURSTOW PARISH NEWS Editing & Production: Judith Calver 01342 842224 Distribution: Angela Sullivan 01342 843515 Advertising: Val Hood 01342 842038 email: [email protected] Copy for articles and pictures for the front cover should be sent by the 15th of the month to Judith Calver, by email to [email protected] or by hand or post to 5 The Acorns, off Redehall Rd, RH6 9QJ Please contact Angela Sullivan (details above) if you would like Parish News delivered to you every month This month’s cover photograph was taken at Burstow Primary School Your Village Magazine Parish Church of St Bartholomew, Burstow BARGEBOARD Church Road, Burstow RH6 9RG with Smallfield Church Hall GUTTER Redehall Road (opposite the parade of shops) Website: www.windmillchurches.co.uk FASCIA Rector: Revd Nicholas Calver 01342 842224 (Email: [email protected]) 5 The Acorns, Smallfield RH6 9QJ MAINTENANCE FREE: Churchwardens Kay Hammond 07808 322440 l FASCIAS l SOFFITS l WINDOWS David Brill 01342 305015 SOFFIT l BARGEBOARDS l DOORS Organist and Choirmaster Roger Hind 01293 771817 l CLADDING l PORCHES l PATIOS l GUTTERING l CONSERVATORIES PCC Secretary Angela Sullivan 01342 843515 Treasurer Kay Hammond 07808 322440 INSURANCE BACKED Parish Safeguarding Officers GUARANTEE 0800 999 3313 Val Butt 01342 842580 SWISH APPROVED MOBILE 07885 674588 Mary Chapman 01293 784323 STOCKISTS AND INSTALLERS Smallfield Church Hall and Flamsteed Hall, Burstow Bookings/enquiries Caroline Clancey 07795 346675 1

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Rector’s ramblings New Members Welcome Roof repairs Registered member of the Slating I wrote about the commemorations of the Tiling 75th anniversary of D-Day in my July Rector’s Drinks at Club Prices British Chiropody & Podia- Ramblings, and as Remembrance Sunday try Association Flat or approachesNew Roofs I find myself thinking about them again, as well as casting my mind back Regular Entertainment Leadto Workthe 50th anniversary commemorations. Pool, Darts, Bingo, All Building Services Back in 1994 I was a vicar in Mottingham in South East London. Henry, a member 2 Full Size Snooker Tables, VISITING PRACTICE of my congregation, had been part of the crew of a Motor Torpedo Boat in operation 01342on 843 D-Day. 194 His boat was sunk, and floating in the water waiting to be rescued, Henry Meat Raffles, Large Garden, Tel: Smallfield (01342) swallowed heavy oil that stayed in his lungs for the rest of his life. On the 50th Covered Smoking Area 842439 07540829865anniversary of D-Day the Regional Council of Normandy awarded medals to veterans [email protected] had taken part in the landings. Henry’s health meant that he was unable to make the journey to Caen to pick up his medal and asked me if I could collect it for him when I went to France for my summer holiday – which I gladly did.

At the presentation I found it very moving standing there among veterans and also 30 Years INDIVIDUAL Helgazpeople Fl ofo myw generationers picking the medal up on behalf of family members. When Experience the mayor pinned the medal to my chest he said Pour votre pere? [for your father?] Village PRIVATE Flowers to Is replieduit al lOui bu [yes]dge,t snot feeling confident enough of my French to explain the whole story. But somehow I felt that my little untruth somehow conveyed a deeper truth, TUITION that I was a son of that generation and of those who had been there. arpentry Tutors Reading, English, Whilst staying at Caen we made the trip to nearby Bayeux to see the tapestry. It struck me that 50 years ago an invasion force had crossed the Channel one way and that 900 Experienced Teachers years ago another invasion force had crossed the channel going the other way and that KITCHENS, TILING, Mathematics Maths somehow, though separated by time, these events were connected to each other and BRICKWORK, PLASTER- English, ICT that also somehow the medal had connected me to them. ING, PAINTING, PVC Ages 5-11 Key Stage 1-3 I say separated by time, but in what sense does time separate us from what we call DOORS, WINDOWS, Call Mrs Jones on the past, or for that matter the future? We tend to think of time as a straight line, SEALED UNITS, something that passes and flows like a river, as in the words of the hymn O God our GCSE A-Level help in ages past which we will sing again on Remembrance Sunday this month: time CONSERVATORY RE- 01342 842138 like an ever rolling stream bears all its sons away. PAIRS www.fouroakstuition.co.uk 01342 718862 For Einstein, 200 years after that hymn was written, time was more like a river that Call Cliff T: 01293 771 667 [email protected] CRB Checked speeds up and slows down as it meanders through the universe, even bending back on M: 07980 845 246 itself. Time has become something that scientists aren’t so certain about any more. 2 3 Professor Stephen Hawking, who died last year, wrote a book called A Brief history of Time, which along with the Bible remains one of the most bought and least read books WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM . . . of all time! In it he wrote this: Remembrance Sunday will be marked in the Windmill United What is the nature of time? Will it ever come to an end? Can we go back in time? . . Benefice as follows: . Only time (whatever that may be) will tell. And Professor Brian Cox, presenter of a number of television documentaries, said in Sunday 10 November: the one he made about the nature of time: n St Bartholomew, Burstow: But what is time? We might not be in a position in this moment of time with our Morning Worship at 9.30 am with an Act of Remembrance current understanding of nature to even understand what we are asking. and reading of the Roll of Honour Though all this may seem strange, what scientists are actually telling us is that the n St Mary the Virgin, Horne: present is connected to the past (and to the future) in ways that we are only just Morning Worship at 10 am which will include an Act of Remembrance and beginning to comprehend. The past isn’t simply borne away simply to vanish, as reading of the Roll of Honour at the War Memorial in the churchyard a dream dies at the opening day, as the hymn puts it. I think there’s an important n St John the Baptist, Outwood: spiritual message there as well and it’s to do with what I experienced on my trip to The British Legion will process from the Church Room in Wasp Green Lane at Caen and Bayeux. We are connected to the past, to the events and people that are part 10.45 am for an Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial in the churchyard, of it, in a very real way. followed by a service in church at 11am. November is all about remembering the past. It begins with All Souls when we Monday 11 November: remember those we have loved but are no longer with us, moves through Remember, n St Mary the Virgin, Horne: remember the fifth of November on to Remembrance Sunday. But remembering the There will be an Act of Remembrance at the war memorial in Horne past is more than not forgetting, it’s remembering that all things and all people – past, churchyard at 11am. present and future – are held in God’s hands and remembering that ultimately, in the words that Julian of Norwich heard God say to her 600 years ago: all will be well and all manner of things shall be well. Smallfield With love and prayers Village Folk Nicholas [email protected] Post Office & News ALL SOULS BEREAVEMENT SERVICE 01342 842001 There will be a special service for the churches of Outwood, Horne and Burstow on Sunday 3 November at 4pm in St Bartholomew’s Church, Church Road, Burstow RH6 9QJ at which we shall remember loved ones who have died OLD STYLE SWEETS IN JARS and light a candle in their memory. All are most welcome at the service, which will PHOTOCOPYING be followed by refreshments. Names will be read out at the service and if you would GREETINGS CARDS like someone remembered in this way, please let me know. Barn Dance Caller STATIONERY COME AND SING AT for Parties and Celebrations NEWS & MAGS SMALLFIELD VILLAGE CAROL SERVICE! CRISPS & SNACKS All ages and abilities CIGARETTES, OFF LICENCE This year the Village Carol Service will be held in Smallfield Church Hall at 4pm Low Cost on Sunday 15 December. If you would like to sing in a choir for this service, CONFECTIONERY come along to the first practice in Smallfield Church Hall on Sunday 1 December 01342 718862 DRY CLEANING, at 4 pm. For more details (or if you can’t make that date) contact Nicholas (01342 GROCERIES 842224; [email protected]). Everyone is most welcome. [email protected] 4 5 STONEMAN FUNERAL SERVICES Established 1865 An independent family business Providing a comprehensive personal service Head Office & Funeral Home DORAN COURT, REIGATE ROAD, REDHILL REDHILL (01737 763456) PREPAYMENT FUNERAL PLANS AVAILABLE Also at: 49 Bell Street, Reigate WORLD WAR II AND ME Eighty years after the outbreak of the Second World War, Father of the Council Trevor Brock remembers what it meant to him and his family.

Last month Trevor recalled the impact Your local of the start of the war, just after his 11th birthday, and how his older brother was village garage made a Pilot Officer and sent for training We offer servicing and in Canada, from where his return was delayed by a case of chickenpox . . . repairs to all makes and models Having recovered, my brother arrived home. I MOTs n Diagnostics n Welding can still remember my shock at seeing him turn up in a very smart officer’s uniform, looking so young but yet so grown up. He didn’t get to stay with us for long before Brakes n Air con n Suspension being assigned to a new posting and from then we only saw him while on brief leave. He was on operations in a Mosquito bomber squadron. He could not tell us much but Paint repairs and wheel refurbs did give small details. One day he commented that the British blackout was very good, the German equally so but the French was only mediocre. From this we deduced that )Call us on 01342 842996 Follow us on Facebook he had been on night operations in Germany. 2 New Rd, Smallfield, Horley RH6 9QN On several short leaves he arrived home with his pilot in tow as the pilot lived too far away to get to his own home. Once he arrived with a very smart South African captain Now you can also visit Smallfield dressed in the SA uniform of khaki green, and on another occasion he brought a Flight Lieutenant. On D Day we didn’t know where he was but several weeks later he Garage for all your appeared but when asked all he would tell us was that he had been ‘very busy’.

In November 1944 he came home for a week and that was a very happy time for all my Pet supplies family. The day he had to re-join his squadron I walked with him to the station to see him off. A few days later we received a telegram telling us that Pilot Officer Brock had Come into the shop to see our been killed. His plane had crashed into Leigh Hill in Dorking and he, and the pilot, had both died. My family were in shock and it opened a wound that 75 years later has still range. Just let us know if there’s not healed. Last year I celebrated my 90th birthday and his life was cut short at just 23. He was given a large military funeral and our local Methodist church was packed. His something special you need coffin rested before the alter, draped in a Union Jack, and sitting on top was the RAF cap he had been wearing when we walked together to the station a few days earlier.

The War went on, there were some months yet to pass before the conclusion would be reached. The Americans continued to pound Germany by day and the RAF took the night shift. After visiting Coventry, and seeing the damage the Germans caused to the city, I have to confess I had little sympathy at that time for the German people.

Late in November 1944, in bed with my usual companion of that time of year (bronchitis), the sound of gunfire caused me to leap from my bed to the window. A 6 7 German Heinkel was in the sky above my house, its machine guns firing at nothing in particular. It turned northwards and in a few seconds a huge explosion shook the Burstow house. It had dropped a very large bomb in the centre of Melton – the one and only bomb in Melton for the entire war! The bomb landed in a stream only fifty yards from Mothers’ Union the district’s electricity generation station, destroying a row of houses and covering a In September we had to hastily bring our meeting day forward by a week to facilitate huge area with mud from the stream. A few days later, when I was better, I visited the our speaker and consequently the number of members able to attend were few. scene. I remember the end house of Brook Street had an inverted tree protruding from However those that came found the subject of the meeting very interesting. We the roof, it’s roots spread over the top of the house like very dirty spaghetti. Amazingly learnt about St Wilfred who was born in 634. A monk and also a bishop, he is one of only one man was killed as he walked by the stream. the greatest English saints, and he was outstanding in bringing about close relations between the Anglo-Saxon (Celtic) church and the Roman Catholic church. In his life During these last months of the war we had a number of air crashes nearby and, time he travelled to Rome at least three times, no mean undertaking in those days, and because we lads knew the district so well, we could also get to the site before the after an eventful life was given the monasteries of Ripon and Hexham .He died in 709 police or military. On one occasion an American plane that was hardly damaged (a and is buried at Ripon. In his lifetime he also spread the knowledge of the Benedictine daylight raid probably) made a crash landing in a field. We got there to find the air Rule and helped improve the chanting of the liturgy. crew climbing out of the plane in case it would blow up. We offered to help but could do so little. The Captain told us not to bother with the nose gunner as they knew he In November we meet on Tuesday 19th (a few days before the annual Church was dead. Another time we actually witnessed a mid-air collision between a Lancaster Christmas Fair on Saturday November 23rd ), and will discuss our stall as well as and a training plane, Airspeed Oxford. The Lancaster came down about 300 yards organising our Christmas lunch in December and hopefully planning the next year’s away from us, in a ball of flames. Unsurprisingly there were no survivors and even programme too – a busy meeting! today the memory still shocks me. The last one was a German Heinkel III; it crash landed a few miles out from Melton. As we got there a very smart German officer in As usual we will be having a Quality Bric-a-Brac stall at the fair and all contributions a black uniform jumped out and in perfect English asked us if we could take him to are welcome. If you need anything collected please ring me on 01342 712478 or bring the nearest police station. We asked about the rest of his crew and he replied that they it to the Smallfield Hall on the evening of Friday 22 November . We will be at the hall were too afraid to come out, believing they would be shot on sight. So we escorted him from 6.30-7.30pm on Friday evening but I am afraid we cannot accept any items on to the Police Station as he had asked. On the way he told us he had lived in England the day of the fair. before the war and had been a student at Oxford University. He was forced to return As always we meet at 6 The Cravens, our meetings starting at 2pm, and you are all to Germany to carry out his national service. I don’t think the local police sergeant ever very welcome to join us. Mollie Case-Green fully recovered from his shock as we walked in with a German officer. We never heard what happened after that. COMING UP IN DECEMBER . . . Through the early months of 1945 the war dragged on, rationing was tighter than ever St Mary the Virgin, Horne: and the number of people destined never to return home grew ever higher. On VE Christmas Fair Day my guardians allowed me to join all my friends in the town. We danced and sang in the Butterfly Nursery, Church Road, Horne (perhaps a little rowdily) until the early hours of the morning. Saturday 7 December, 10am - 1pm And afterwards? Briefly, I completed my exams at school, left home and attended Leicester University. My family moved to Yorkshire, a move I opposed as all my St John the Baptist, Outwood: friends were in Leicester and Melton. The only good thing about Yorkshire was the A return of the popular Festive Firs! wonderful girl I met there. We became engaged. After living in Bingley and working in Leeds and Bradford at two research laboratories I decided to go back to university and In the church, Brickfield Road, Outwood train to be a teacher. I won a place at Westminster College and studied between 1951 Saturday 14 December, 11am - 5pm and 1953. Complete with maths degree, teaching diploma and the study of educational (the Church Christmas Fair will run alongside) psychology I left and got married in August 1953 in Leeds to my wonderful Yorkshire and Sunday 15 December, 2-5pm girl. We went to St Ives in Cornwall for our honeymoon. On arrival we had to hand in our ration books as rationing was still in force. In September I began teaching at a Come and see the Church filled with fabulously decorated trees, school in Croydon . . . but that’s another story . . . and bring the children to visit Father Christmas in his grotto. 8 9

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The items that created the most interest, though, were the legal wigs and a Billingsgate fish porter’s hat which was made of leather and weighed a considerable amount before the four or so boxes of fish were added to be transported by the porter on his head. After a question and answer session tea and cake was served.

Burstow and Smallfield WI have started a collection box for Horley Food Bank – in fact the box was full to the brim so a new box will be at the next meeting and closer to Christmas all the items collected will be taken to Horley.

The next meeting on 12 November will be the AGM. After a jacket potato and fillings luncheon at 12.30 the AGM will take place, followed by a quiz and tea and cake and of course a chat.

The December meeting will be on 10 December 2019 at 2 pm at Smallfield Church Hall. Redehall Road. Smallfield – the entertainment will be Duo Decimus, hand bell ringers, and of course there will be Christmas cake and mince pies with the afternoon tea.

We return in the New Year on 14 January at 2 pm and the speaker will be from Saint Catherine’s Hospice. Alison Brown 10 11

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12 13 News from the 1st Burstow Scouts... Burstow Church Harvest Festival Some of our Beavers joined others from across our District to have a Gruffalo 20th Harvest Festival was held at St Bartholomew’s, Burstow at the beginning of Birthday Sleepover at our hall. The Beavers took part in lots of games. They met all the September. The Burstow Scout Group and Brownies paraded their flags – the Gruffalo characters on their way to the park, where they played on the playground. They Brownies after a sleepover together the night before in Flamsteed Hall. completed the camp craft badge by tying reef knots in Strawberry Liquorice Laces. The Scouts led a reading and the prayers, while the Brownies also did a reading and The Beavers and Cubs celebrated the 30th birthday of the book ‘We’re going on a Bear showed the congregation the Harvest and Autumn artwork that they had made. Then Hunt’, by going for a walk in Buchan Park. They used tracking symbols to produce Nicholas spoke about how some have harvests of plenty while others’ crops come to trails for each other to follow. Some did get lost, but that just shows how important nothing – and he brought examples from his vegetable patch as an illustration! This leaving a trail can be. Lucky there were no bears found at Buchan Park! led into a story about how two communities, the haves and the have-nots, learned to share what they had with each other. The Scout Group held a Beetle Drive, where the adults and children competed against each other to draw a beetle. The evening ended with Calvin and Millie drawing to win All the gifts brought to the service were taken to Crawley Open House to support their the Children’s Prize and Akela winning the Adults one. All who came had a lovely time. work with the disadvantaged in our local community.

We had a very wet Autumn Camp for the Cubs and Scouts, at Bentley Copse. This Following the service, the Scouts presented Akela and Lauren with their wedding included a Scavenger Hunt, Archery, an Assault Course, Wide Games and Team present from the Group before everyone went to the Flamsteed Hall for refreshments. Building Activities. We all had a great time and very little sleep.

If you want more details, including joining the Scout Group, social events, or booking our hall for your own event, please email [email protected] or call 01342 718862. Rowenna Woodward BEM, Group Scout Leader See details of our Christmas Fair on page 27

14 15 CAMEO PARISH COUNCIL NEWS Come and Meet Each Other Your village website: www.burstowparishcouncil.org.uk This is the time of the year when your Council sets its budgets for expenditure for the forthcoming year and we would welcome any suggestions from parishioners for worthwhile projects for consideration and financing.

Recently an extremely productive meeting was held to discuss the improvements to traffic calming and safety measures in and around the school and the centre of the village. The meeting was attended by representatives of Surrey County Council Highways department, Burstow Primary School and councillors from County, District and Parish. Some very positive proposals The visitor to the October CAMEO came from SES Water and spoke of how our water have been tabled and will be investigated by Surrey Highways both for comes to us, and how we can save this precious resource. But first, a safety message: feasibility and future funding. anyone calling at the door and saying they are from the ‘Water Board’ is a fraud as all water comes from ‘water companies’ now. The south east is the heaviest user of Whilst on the subject of education Burstow Primary School is seeking water and dry winters have meant that the reservoirs are lower than they should be. applicants for the Surrey County Council funded Traffic Crossing Officer, aka We need long, steady rain in the winter to refill them. Meanwhile we can all be water Lollipop Person, to supervise road crossing for 10 hours weekly during term aware and not waste it – by leaving the tap running while cleaning teeth, for example. times. Those interested should apply to the school. The next meetingof Cameo will be at 2 pm on Friday 1 November when Peter Hart from PAT (Pets As Therapy) will be talking about the charity with some pet The Christmas Fayre will be held this year on 7 December from helpers! If you have not been before and would like to speak to someone before 10am to 2pm and anyone wanting to set up a stall should contact coming along, ring Jo Coulson-Davis on 01342 843498. the Parish Clerk. HEAR HERE: NHS-trained hearing volunteer Helen will be at the hall from 1.30-2.30pm to provide batteries for and to maintain your hearing aids. Everyone is welcome at HEAR HERE or at CAMEO or at both. Finally, as winter approaches, we still require volunteers to be snow-angels and also to be drivers for the mini-tractor towing a gritter to keep the car park free. Names please to the Parish Clerk

Ian Wates Chairman, Burstow Parish Council

Please join us for a Residents’ Meeting on Wednesday 27 November Please join Starting us for at a Residents ’ 7:00 Meeting pm on in Wednesday the Centenary Hall 27 November

Starting at 7:00 pm in the Centenary Hall BURSTOW CHURCH 200 CLUB Please join us for a Residents’ Meeting on Wednesday 27 November The winning number, drawn in September, was 28. Kay Hammond Starting at 7:00 pm in the Centenary Hall Share Please your join views us about for the a Residents’ Meeting flooding on problems Wednesday that 27 November affect the village and hear about Share your views about the flooding problems that affect the village and hear about activities Starting of at the 7:00 Flood pm in Action the Centenary Hall Group including:-‐ activities of the Flood Action Group including:-‐

Share your views about the flooding problems that affect the village and hear about • Representation activities to the of the Tandridge Flood Local Action Plan Group including:-‐ Inspector about Housing Proposals in • Representation to the Tandridge Local Plan Inspector about Housing Proposals in WEDNESDAY CLUB Share Smallfield your views about the flooding problems that affect the village and hear about Smallfield Our meeting on 2 October was a talk on Social Care Services by Lesley Thomas. • •Representation Flood Alleviation to activities the Scheme of Tandridge the Update Flood Local Action Plan Inspector Group including:-‐ about Housing Proposals in • Flood Alleviation Scheme Update There were many leaflets but they were mainly about care in Tandridge. •Smallfield Ditch Improvements Programme •• M23 Ditch Representation Smart Improvements Motorway to the Programme Tandridge Drainage Local Improvements Plan Inspector about Housing Proposals in • Flood Alleviation Scheme Update At our next meeting on 6 November there is a talk on “Age UK in Surrey”. Meetings • Thames M23 Smallfield Smart Water Motorway Incidents Drainage Reporting Improvements and Investigations • Ditch Improvements Programme start at 2pm in the Lloyd Hall at Outwood, all are welcome. •• Tips Thames Flood and Alleviation Water Measures Incidents to Scheme Protect Update Reporting your and Home Investigations from Flood Risks • M23 Smart Motorway Drainage Improvements Ivy Hollingshead •• Tips Ditch and Improvements Measures to Programme Protect your Home from Flood Risks • Thames Water Incidents Reporting 16 and Investigations 17 • •Tips M23 and Smart Measures Motorway to Protect Drainage your Home Improvements from Flood Risks • Thames Water Incidents Reporting and Investigations • Tips and Measures to Protect your Home from Flood Risks

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aViation Group 30 Years The next meeting in Smallfield Centenary Hall will be at 7 Experience CONTACT pm on Tuesday 5 November when Sir Donald Spiers RAPID Village will make a return visit to describe ‘The First 100 Years YOUR MP in Aviation’. It will be fascinating to see which aircraft he selects out the tens of thousands that have taken to the SaTutorsm Gyimah MP skies since it all began with the Wright Flyer of 1903. Look arpentry out for one of the Group’s posters for my personal selection of Experienced Teachers four of them. HEATING 020 7219 3504 KITCHENS, TILING, Mathematics n BRICKWORK, PLASTER- English, ICT 3 December – ‘The R34 Airship – New York and Back Again in July 1919’. House of Commons, It was the world’s first double crossing of the Atlantic by air. ING, PAINTING, PVC n 7 January – Roger Creasey will tell us ‘Some More Maintenance Stories’ DOORS, WINDOWS, London, Key Stage 1-3 from the days when things weren’t so strict.

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01342 842001 Plough Road Allotment Group and friends would like to thank all who braved arpe ntry Tutorsthe miserable weather and supported our October plant ,produce and cake sale. OLD STYLE SWEETS IN JARS ExperiencedWe raised Teachers £80 for the hospice plus a further £52.50 from sale of Christmas KITCHENS,PHOTOCOPYING TILING, cards.Mathematics BRICKWORK,GREETINGS CARDS PLASTER- TheEnglish, amount banked ICT was considerably boosted by £300 generously donated for BarnBarn DanceDance CCalleraller ING,STATIONERY PAINTING, PVC the hospice by Roy and Eileen Sowter which they have raised by running their bookKey stall Stage in Plough 1-3 Road . forfor Parties Parties andand Celebrations Celebrations DOORS,NEWS &WINDOWS, MAGS All ages and abilities CRISPSSEALED & SNACKS UNITS, WeGCSE are in theA- Levelcommunity cafe in Centenary Hall on the second Monday of each All ages and abilities CIGARETTES,CONSERVATORY OFF LICENCE RE- month. Our next sale morning is 11 November. Plants and produce have come Low cost to an end for the year but we will have the full range of Hospice Christmas cards Low Cost CONFECTIONERYPAIRS 01342 718862 01342and 718862 some very reasonably priced botanical jewellery for sale. There will always 01342 718862 Call CliffDRY CLEANING,T: 01293 771 667 [email protected] homemade cake to have with your coffee and a warm welcome . [email protected]@thewoodwards.plus.com M: 07980GROCERIES 845 246 All proceeds are donated to St Catherine’s. Linda Lodge

SMALLFIELD CLUB AND READING ROOM STONEMAN New Road, Smallfield We would like to thank everyone who supported our live entertainment with FUNERAL SERVICES the Hot Dog Rockers on Saturday 12 October. What a great evening it turned Installation & Repairs to Sealed Units, out to be! Established 1865 Hinges, Letter Plates, Handles & Locks and Guttering Forthcoming entertainment: An independent family40 business years in business & CERTASS Saturday 9 November Live music with Atlantic (Motown Band) registered. Located in Crawley with Members free, Guests £5 Providing a comprehensive personalInsurance Backedservice Guarantee Saturday 23 November Big Quiz! Head Office & Funeralavailable Home on new installations £100 First Prize plus bonus rounds NO CALL OUT FEES 8 pm start DORAN COURT, REIGATE ROAD, REDHILL Teams of 4: £10 per team entry fee & FREE QUOTATION REDHILL (01737 763456) n Bingo Wednesday evenings n Meat Raffle on Fridays [email protected] n Free Pool all day Sundays n Killer pool Sunday afternoons PREPAYMENT FUNERAL PLANS 01293AVAILABLE 887 888 The Hall is available for hire to Members and their family, please ask at the bar www.mldoubleglazing.co.uk for further details. New members welcome Also at: 49 Bell Street, Reigate The Committee 22 23 Climate Change Emergency There will be a meeting in the Lloyd Hall, Outwood at 7.30pm LEX ONES on 25 November when a speaker from 10:10 will talk about how we A J can make a difference individually and as a community to help tackle the Climate Change emergency, declared by the UK government and councils FUNERAL DIRECTORS around the county. There will be a Q&A session at the end, and a chance to share any ideas. There will also be two pop-up shops selling a range of household products and toiletries, and reusable metal water bottles and & MONUMENTAL MASONS bags. This is an issue that spans all generations so do try to come along. A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT FAMILY CONCERN Owned and run by Mr Alex Jones and family FROM THE WINDMILL UNITED BENEFICE REGISTERS Renowned Caring Service St John the Baptist, Outwood Funerals Offering Day & Night Attention 2 October Brian Frederick Adcock, aged 89 years 18 October Home Visits Available Beautiful Private Ida May Ingham, aged 92 years Chapels of Rest SMALLFIELD EVANGELICAL CHURCH Pre-paid Funeral Plans Monumental Masonry “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High . . . shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

LINGFIELD 01342 832534 OXTED 01883 730383 Remembrance Sunday 1 East Grinstead Road 92 Station Road East The morning service will start at 10.55am Lingfield Oxted Sunday services: Surrey Surrey n Sunday morning worship, 3 November at 11 am RH7 6EP RH8 0QA n Sunday evening worship, 3 November at 6.30 pm (with communion) n Sunday morning worship, 17 November at 11 am (with communion) n Sunday morning worship, 24 November at 11 am FOREST ROW 01342 822399 EDENBRIDGE 01732 860047 Sunday School: 1 Ashdown Court 29—31 High Street Sundays from 11 am to noon Lewes Road, Forest Row Edenbridge Bible Study and Prayer meetings: East Sussex Kent n Day of Prayer, 10-11 am on Wednesday 6 November RH18 5EZ TN8 5AD n Every Wednesday in October at 7.30pm (except 6 November) looking at the letter of Hebrews Church Contacts: www.alexjonesfuneraldirectors.co.uk Deacon Elder Church Secretary Rosemary Foster Leslie Totten Jean Totten Tel: 01342 843630 Tel: 01342 844795 Tel: 01342 844795 24 25 SOME LOCAL SERVICES Burstow Scouts Christmas Fair Smallfield Surgery, Wheelers Lane 01342 843822 Sunday 24 November, from 1.30-3.30pm Website: www.smallfieldsurgery.nhs.uk at the 1st Burstow Scout Hall Smallfield Pharmacy, 2 Redehall Road 01342 844424 134A Redehall Road, Smallfield Email: [email protected] There will be mince pies and other refreshments to enjoy! Website: www.smallfieldpharmacy.co.uk And save the date for the Scouts Family Quiz Night on Saturday 8 February Burstow Primary School, Wheelers Lane 01342 842010 Burstow Parish Council DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Parish Clerk: Jeannie Ryan (Centenary Hall, Wheelers Lane) The next community lunch will be at 1pm on Sunday 17 November at Email: [email protected] or ring 01342 841880 1pm in Smallfield Church Hall, Redehall Road, Smallfield (opposite the Co op). On Office core hours: 9.30am-2.00pm weekdays during school term this occasion pre-booking is essential as it will be a Christmas Dinner with all the trimmings so planning is important! Please call Kay on 07808 322 440, or Website: www.burstowparishcouncil.org.uk Caroline on 07795 346 675 and leave a message if the phone goes to answerphone. Tandridge District Council 01883 722000 There will not be a lunch in December Tandridge District Councillors Hear Here! NHS hearing volunteer Helen will be at Smallfield Church Hall to Kevin Bourne (07963 833154; provide new batteries and maintenance for your hearing aids from 1.30 - 2.30pm on email: [email protected]) Friday 1 November Harry Fitzgerald (01342 832475; The next Saturday Markets at Centenary Hall will be on 9 and 23 November email: [email protected]) Colin White (email: [email protected]) November 1 Friday CAMEO see p16 Surrey County Councillor 3 Sunday All Souls Bereavement Service see p4 Lesley Steeds (07973 872 614; email: [email protected]) 5 Tuesday Aviation Group see p19 6 Tuesday Wednesday Club see p17 Police contacts: 9 Saturday Live music at Smallfield Club see p23 • In an emergency – dial 999 10 Sunday Remembrance Sunday see pp5 and 25 • If not an emergency – dial 101 for Surrey Police 11 Monday Allotment Group coffee morning see p23 Crime Stoppers (independent anonymous phone line): 0800 555111 12 Tuesday Womens Institute AGM see p11 Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood Team 17 Sunday Community Lunch see p27 email: [email protected] 19 Tuesday Mothers Union see p9 23 Saturday Burstow Church Christmas Fair see p13 Neighbourhood Specialist Officer 23 Saturday Big Quiz at Smallfield Club see p23 PC Kevin Stimson (tel: 101 or mobile 07720 061363; 24 Sunday Scout Group Christmas Fair see p27 email: [email protected]) 25 Monday Climate Change Meeting see p25 Neighbourhood Police Smallfield, Burstow, Horne and Outwood 27 Wednesday Flood Action Group meeting see p16 PCSO Conrad Cheeseman (tel: 101; December email: [email protected]) 1 Sunday Smallfield Carol Service practice see p4 PCSO Stuart Wren (tel: 101 or mobile 07720 050768; 3 Tuesday Aviation Group see p19 email: [email protected]) 7 Saturday Horne Church Christmas Fair see p9 7 Saturday Burstow Council Christmas Fair see p17 Bus Companies: 7 Saturday South Nutfield Choral Society concert see p21 Southdown (bus 424) 01342 719619 10 Tuesday Womens Institute see p11 Cruisers (bus 315) 01737 770036 14 Saturday Outwood Festive Firs and Church Fair see p9 Metrobus 01293 449191 15 Sunday Outwood Festive Firs see p9 26 27 The Windmill United Benefice St Bartholomew, Burstow, St Mary the Virgin, Horne and St John the Baptist, Outwood Church Calendar for November 2019 Sunday, 3 November 8 am BCP Holy Communion at Horne Church 9.30 am Holy Communion at Burstow Church 11 am Family Service at Horne Church 11 am Holy Communion at Outwood Church 4 pm All Souls service at Burstow Church Thursday, 7 November 10 am Holy Communion in Smallfield Church Hall Remembrance Sunday, 10 November For full details of Remembrance services, see page 5 9.30 am Morning Worship at Burstow Church 10 am Morning Worship at Horne Church 11 am British Legion service at Outwood Church n 25 years’ experience (following a procession from the Church Room, n All work carried out at your home or place of work Wasp Green Lane at 10.45 am) n Minor accident repairs n High gloss machine polishing Sunday, 17 November n Alloy wheel refurbishment 9.30 am Holy Communion at Burstow Church n Bumper scuffs and cracks 10 am Holy Communion at Horne Church n Windscreen chip repairs n 11 am Holy Communion at Outwood Church Colour coding Just get in touch Sunday, 24 November for your free quote 9.30 am Holy Communion at Burstow Church or send pictures by email, mobile or WhatsApp 10 am Holy Communion at Horne Church Dan Fletcher Phone: 07787 552412 Email: [email protected] 11 am Holy Communion at Outwood Church Facebook 4 pm Messy Church in Smallfield Church Hall Find us on and www.windmillchurches.co.uk The Parish News is printed by: Parish Mag Printers, Salisbury (01722 324733) 28 Holistic Therapist Valerie D Hood MICHT Dips HT, A&P

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