Knaphill Residents’ Association my knaphillSUMMER 2019 ISSUE 65 www.knaphill.org Find us on Knaphi Facebook SHOW. In this issue... Knaphill,SHOW Surrey GU21 2JW VILLAGEy, Barrs Lane, VILLAGEMizens Miniature Railwa VOLUNTEERS NEEDED URDAY 20TH JULY SAT FOR THE 10TH FROM 1.00 TO 5.00PM KNAPHILL VILLAGE SHOW GO BACK IN TIME WITH KNAPHILL HISTORY CO-WORKING OPPORTUNITY AT LANSBURY BUSINESS ESTATE READ THE MOVING STORY OF LOCAL RESIDENT, SUSIE ROBERTS Proud to sponsor the Knaphill Village Show FIND OUT HOW TO APPEAR Telephone: 01483 798969 IN THE NEXT EDITION [email protected] www.seymours-estates.co.uk Free Parking – Free minibus pick up to and from the Vyne 16/05/2019 10:16:52 Knaphill Village Show 2019 - A5 Flyer.indd 1 Surrey Supply Teachers A professional, friendly agency recruiting Primary and Secondary supply teachers, Nursery staf f and Teaching Assistants to work for us in a variety of local schools. Both full and part time work is available on a day to day and longer term basis. and you can work as much or as little as you like. 01932 254261 [email protected] www.surreysupplyteachers.co.uk CONVEYANCING AND PROBATE PRACTITIONERS We offer the below services to our clients, conducted in a friendly, professional, supportive manner. We are excellent communicators using both technology and traditional standards of service to suit our clients. PROPERTY LAW SPECIALISTS SELLING AND/OR BUYING A PROPERTY REMORTGAGES With over 150 years in caring for bereaved families, we understand the TRANSFERS importance of choosing the final resting place for your loved one. PROBATE •Full burial and ashes plots •Family, community and ethnic group plots WILLS •Woodland and green plots •Mausoleum for burial and ashes DECLARATION OF TRUSTS •Memorial Chapel •Peaceful and unique grade 1 historic park and garden setting LASTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS Please telephone or email for a free estimate or for further information. Business Hours: Free parking 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday Brookwood Cemetery Glades House, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood 6 Anchor Crescent, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2PD Woking, Surrey GU24 0BL T: 01483 485700 F: 01483 485701 E: [email protected] 01483 472222 | [email protected] | www.brookwoodcemetery.com Volunteer with TALK TALK is a local charity that supports people with currently looking for volunteers at our groupsThursday in Guildford, Woking,morning Ashford group in & Knaphill. Walton on Thames. Could you spare a couple of hours a week in term �me? Working one to one with a stroke recoverer you anincreased increased sense sense of of community. community. Training and support provided. Please contact the TALK Coordinator on 07718 425953 or email [email protected] www.talksurrey.org.uk Charity no: 11760141072526 www.knaphill.org We’re looking Summer 2019 3 myknaphill forward to the 10th knaphill.org Knaphill Village Show The Team on Saturday 20 July! EDITOR Rebecca Ward The Knaphill Residents Association are busy organising DEPUTY EDITOR Sue Stocker our 10th show. Many months of planning goes into this DESIGN & ARTWORK Tim Burdett fabulous community event and once again it will be held at ADVERTISING Pauline Williams Mizens Railway. We are passionate about our community and so this year will be trialling a new idea for local residents that Published by Knaphill Residents’ Association make products at home - a Handmade Crafts Marquee. As Printed by Knaphill Print Co. Ltd, Lower usual, we will have the wonderful Dog Show run by OSCARS Guildford Road, Knaphill, Surrey GU21 2EG Pet Foods as well as live music, fun games, family entertainment, stalls, refreshments [email protected] and more. A huge thank you goes to all of our sponsors and volunteers. For this edition’s ‘My Local’ interview, I had the honour of speaking with Susie Roberts, whose husband, Dean Roberts, was well respected among the community and ADVERTISE dedicated his time to Knaphill Athletic before sadly losing his battle with cancer. Please IN THIS MAGAZINE! take time to read our interview on page 10. Susie will be taking part in the Hospice We have a circulation of 5,000 copies Midnight Walk, as she has done every year since Dean passed away. and a readership of ca15,000 that Following on with the community theme, we uncovered two unsung heroes working reaches throughout Knaphill and quietly behind the scenes at Barley Mow Woods, Waterers Park. The funds raised at the surrounding villages on a last year’s Village Show have gone to supporting this local wooded area. You can read quarterly basis in March, June, about the two hardworking volunteers and the funds raised on our website www. September and December. knaphill.org Please submit articles for the next issue to Rebecca Ward at [email protected] Rebecca Ward @knaphillcommunity To promote your business, please get in EDITOR touch via [email protected] Contact the KRA Arts & Football By post: c/o Knaphill Post Office, 1-2 Anchor Contents Entertainment 9 Knaphill Athletic Crescent, Knaphill, Surrey GU21 2PD Our Community By email: [email protected] 6 New Victoria Theatre Silverware Success 4 What’s on for the team, and did Join us Watch anything from The A calendar of events for Dreamboys to Titanic your child take part Have you ever thought of giving some of your Knaphill and Woking in the free football time to help out the KRA to make your home The Musical sessions? village even better? We'd love to have you on 4 Sponsors of the show 6 Woking Ladies Choir board and need your continued support to run Our village show on Ticket information for Saturday 20 July could My local... projects, events and the annual village show. their Summer concert not take place without 10 We have a very the kindness of local special story from Support us Property business sponsorship Susie Roberts, I/we hereby wish to join / renew* membership 7 Phil’s Planning with the Knaphill Residents’ Association 5 Clothes4U including details of Is local history important? the Woking & Sam (*tick or circle) Upcoming dates for this and, do you think the Beare Hospices’ ..... Household £6.00pa vital resource organised GP surgery needs Midnight Walk 2019 ..... Retired £3.00pa by Knaphill Methodist expanding? ..... Trade £10.00pa Church Title Surname Address: Post code: Tel: Email: Signed: Date: Sunday Morning Worship Cheques payable to at 11am with Junior Church Knaphill Residents' Association. A very warm welcome awaits you Please send your completed forms to: 88 High Street - 01483 474083 - www.KnaphillBaptist.org.uk KRA Membership, c/o Knaphill Post Office, 1-2 Anchor Crescent, Knaphill, Surrey GU21 2PD No responsibility for the quality of goods or services advertised in this magazine can be accepted by the publishers or printers. Advertisements and information is included in good faith. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without the prior permission of the publishers. The publishers do not necessarily agree with the views expressed by contributors, nor do they accept any responsibility for errors in the subject matter of this magazine. All reasonable care is taken to ensure accuracy in the Please read & recycle preparation of the magazine, but the publishers cannot be held legally responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or artwork. Whilst every care is taken, no responsibility can be accepted for the safety of material submitted. www.knaphill.org 4 My Knaphill Knaphill News Spring 2015 3 Knaphill News From Chairman’sthe Chairman Report knaphill.org Very soon you will be casting your vote in the General ElectionWell it’s been and 10 yearsreceiving since theknocks Knaphill on Residents the door from local Association organised its very first Knaphill Show Summer 2019 Editor Sue Stocker politicians. On page 5, you will see an excellent contribution Advertising Fat Crow fromat Mizen’s our Planning Railway. How guru time Phil passes Stubbs, so includingquickly. reference to The Show was an idea to replicate the original Design & Layout FatCrow.co.uk the 650 new homes recently built or being builtagenda. in the A322 A number of ideas have been put forward on traffic calming [email protected] summer fete held many years ago in the grounds measures, but budget restrictions are always the bottleneck. So, the corridorof the old and Brookwood the infrastructure Hospital. that is required to meet the demands of such a large influx of new residents.KRA decidedYou may to pursue a Community Speedwatch with the support Published by Fat Crow & Knaphill Residents’ and help of our Knaphill councillors and Surrey Police. We have This year’s show promiseswish to to ask be as the successful canvassers as our about previous the 9 number shows of local GPs, Association started our training and hopefully we can improve speed awareness NHSwith dentistsmore entertainment and the A322 for congestion!all the family with a vintage theme. Please come along to support us. around our local roads. Printed by Knaphill Print Co. Ltd, Lower Before then, we have our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 22nd April On a different theme we have put speeding on local roads high on the Have a great summer, Guildford Road, Knaphill, Surrey GU21 2EG at the Methodist Church, The Broadway, Knaphill, which is open to all. To start John Butler the proceedings, at 7.30pm we will have a presentation on the Basingstoke Advertise in this magazine! Canal from Robyn Higgs, who will tell us all about the history of the canal and We have a circulation of 5,000 copies and a plans looking ahead. After refreshments, the official business of the AGM will readership of c15,000 that reach throughout start at 8.30pm.