december 2015 - Thursley Parish Council

THURSLEY PARISH MAGAZINE
St Michael & All Angels
DECEMBER 2015
50P
Parish Notices 6
Editorial 7
Church Services 8
Village Diary 9
Church Letter 10
Thanks to Nicki Bates 12
Children’s X’mas Party 13
Thursley X’mas Post 14
Christmas Eve Carols 15
Parish Council Update 16
Village Hall Update 17
THS Update 18
History Society 20
X’mas Recycling 21
On the Farm 22
Horts Society 24
Clockhouse Cinema 25
Life on the Common 26
Latest Police Update 28
Thursley Club 28
Horts Society 28
Children’s Church 29
Off Plan Tips 30
Far Side 31
Elstead WI 32
Charity Concerts 33
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VILLAGE ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL DIRECTORY
CHURCH: ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS
Vicar:
John PAGE
01252 702640
The Rectory, Thursley Road, Elstead GU8
6DG. [email protected]
THURSLEY CLUB
Secretary:
Joyce HALL
‘South House’
01252 703386
COMMUNITY RECYCLER
Nicki BATES
01252 702671
Foldsdown Co-age.
[email protected]
Associate Vicar:
Peter MUIR
01252 702360
Yew Co-age, Dye House Road, Thursley.
[email protected]
THURSLEY CRCKET CLUB
Secretary:
Alex MEEARS
[email protected]
Church Wardens:
Gill FORD
01252 706890
Woodlarks, Highfield Lane,
Thursley GU8 6QQ.
Hilary BARR
01252 703301
Wild Goose, The Street, Thursley.
THURSLEY PARISH COUNCIL
www.thursley-pc.gov.uk
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Chairman:
Peter HUNTER
01252 702165
Cassingray, Pitch Place, Thursley, GU8 6QW.
[email protected]
Council Clerk:
Elaine FELTON
01252 703201
The Barrows, Seale Road, Elstead GU8 6LF.
[email protected]
Vice Chairman:
James MENDELSSOHN
07941 507753
[email protected]
Councillors:
Sean EDWARDS
01252 702890
[email protected]
Tricia HORWOOD
01252 705171
[email protected]
Jackie MALTON
01252 706707
jackiejmalton@aol. com
John SWIFT
01428 685120
[email protected]
Rosie DALE-HARRIS
Dene MILLS
Marion O’BRIEN
Vivien RUFFELL
Sarah TRAILL
John WALSHE
PARISH WARDEN
NoDce Boards/Li-er Bins/Play Area.
Community Recycler.
Nicki BATES
01252 702671
[email protected]
Secretary:
Marion O’Brien
01252 702235
Gi& Aid:
(Yet to be appointed - contact Peter Muir in
the interim)
Treasurer:
Michael THATCHER
01428 606670
Organist:
Currently Vacant
Church Cleaning:
Sally ROLES
01252 706820
Church Flowers:
Anne WAKELEY
01252 702320
Churchyard Working Party:
Mike ROBERTS
01252 702932
Children’s Church:
Carolyn LANE
01252 702192
01252 702585
01252 703067
01252 702235
01428 682789
01252 703271
01252 702155
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PARISH FOOTPATH WARDENS
Contact Elaine Felton
01252 703201
BUTTERFLIES NURSERY
D ELLUL & M DHILLON
THURSLEY NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE
Reserve Warden:
James GILES
01428 685675
[email protected]
THE THREE HORSESHOES
www.threehorseshoesthursley.com
Jim Dickie
01252 703268
THURSLEY HISTORY SOCIETY
Chairman:
John WALSHE
01252 702155
Secretary:
Angela MUIR
01252 702360
Treasurer:
Richard BATES
01252 702671
Archivist:
Tim WALSH
01252 703172
THURSLEY VILLAGE HALL
www.thursleyvillagehall.co.uk
Village Hall Manager:
Judith WILLIAMS
01252 706929
[email protected]
Village Hall Chairman:
Clea BEECHEY
01252 703913
[email protected]
Village Hall Secretary:
Dene MILLS
01252 703067
[email protected]
THURSLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Secretary:
Pat CLAKE
01252 706869
[email protected]
COUNCILLORS
Surrey County:
David HARMER
01428 606921
[email protected]
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
[email protected]
Waverley Borough:
Jenny ELSE
01252 702036
[email protected]
David ELSE
01252 702036
[email protected]
THURSLEY FELLOWSHIP
Tone BADCOCK
01252 703314
PARISH MAGAZINE
Editor:
Tricia HORWOOD
01252 705171
[email protected].
Adver5sing:
Lisa RICKENBERG
07710 070412
[email protected]
Subscrip5ons:
SubscripDons via Distributors
POLICE
PCSO 14088 John FRANCIS
[email protected]
POPPY ORGANISER
Julie LANGLEY
07827 786005
LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Rt Hon Jeremy HUNT
01428 609416
[email protected]
DOCTORS
Springfield Surgery
01252 703122
Witley Surgery
01428 682218
Milford Crossroads Surgery 01483 414461
Hurst Farm Surgery
01483 415885
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VETS
Mr N J Pilling, Elstead
North Downs, Milford
01252 702865
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01252 703412
01483 414747
PARISH NOTICES
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, THURSLEY
10.00am on Sunday 13 th December
Christingle Service
4.00pm on Sunday 20 th December
Traditional Carol Service with Choir
11:00pm on Thursday 24 th December
The First Mass of Christmas
09:00am on Christmas Day
BCP Parish Communion
10:00am on Christmas Day
Family Service
DECEMBER
CHURCH CLEANING (Please contact Sallie Roles if you can help)
Anne SUDLOW
Hilary BA RR
Angela MUIR
CHURCH FLOWERS
6th
ADVENT
20th
ADVENT
13th
27th
CHURCH COFFEE ROTA
6th
Julie LA NGLEY
20th
Sally ROLES
13th
27th
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ADVENT
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
Marion O’BRIEN
Tune BADCOCK
FROM THE ED ITOR
BY TRICIA HORWOOD
Children’s Christmas Pa rty and the Christmas Carol Service at the church on Sunday, 20th December. In addiDon there are
a variety of events such as conce rts and
film nights in aid of cha rity to enjoy.
At the end of another very busy year for
the village, I would firstly like to thank all
those of you who have supported both
the magazine and me during 2015.
Whether you are a regular contributor or
send me the occasional photograph, recipe, report, charity event or informaDve
arDcle, they are much appreciate d and
will keep the magazine up-to-date and
interesDng for everyone to read. A huge
thank-you must also go to the large band
of volunteers who print, fold, colla te,
insert, arra nge adverDsing, distribute and
deliver the magazine to your door every
month, without fail. It’s a rea l labour of
love, and all done by hand. We have the
occasional producDon glitch and the colour prinDng can be dubious but what we
lack in sophisDcaDon is more than made
up for by community spirit and enthusiasm. I thank you all.
The Maclean family will also be providing
their own unique Christmas postal service
again this year—full de tails on p14.
Many loca l s ocie5es have publis hed reports on their acDviDes this month, including the pub, the village hall commi-ee and the paris h council. For more
informaDon you can access their we bsites
directly. The pub has publis hed its Christmas menu for Decembe r (p19) which
looks delicious, but you will need to pre order before you go—the regular menu
will als o conDnue to be se rved alongside.
Christmas refuse a nd recycling dates
during the fesDve period can be found in
Nicki Bates’ arDcle on p21.
There seems to be no let-up in acDviDes
during Decembe r so do have a look at the
diary page. The tradiDonal Christmas Eve
Carol Singing outs ide the pub will conDnue again this year, as will the T hurs ley
I wish you all a very happy Christmas and
New Year with friends and family, and
hope it’s a mellow one for those of you
working outdoors.
PLEASE NOTE EARLIER DEADLINE OF
10TH DECEMBER 2015
FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES TO THE
JANUARY 2016 ISSUE OF
THURSLEY PARISH MAGAZINE
It will be ready for distribu5on from the church on Sunday, 20th December 2015.
EDITOR : Tricia HORWOOD, Thursley House, Dye House Road, Thursley, Surrey GU8 6QD.
Tel: 01252 705171 E-mail: [email protected].
ADVERTISING M ANAGER : Lisa R ICKENBERG, Hedge Farm, Thursley, Surrey GU8 6QJ. Tel:
07710 070412 E-mail: [email protected].
COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Christmas Robin, by Jerry Horwood.
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CHURCH SERVICES
DECEMBER
Wednesday 2nd
9.15am
Holy Communion (Elstead)
SUNDAY 6th
Advent 2
8.00am
10.00am
10.00am
Holy Communion (Elstead)
Family Communion & Children’s Church
(Thursley)
Parish Communion (Elstead)
Wednesday 9th
9.15am
Holy Communion (Elstead)
SUNDAY 13th
Advent 3
8.00am
10.00am
10.00am
Holy Communion (Elstead)
Chris5ngle Service (T hursley)
Family GiF Service in St James’ School
(Elstead)
Wednesday 14th
9.15am
Holy Communion (Elstead)
SUNDAY 20th
Advent 4
8.00am
10.00am
10.00am
4.00pm
Holy Communion (Elstead)
Parish Communion (Thursley)
Parish Communion (Elstead)
Carol Service (Thursley)
Thursday 24th
CHRISTMAS EVE
3.00pm
6.00pm
11.00pm
11.00pm
Crib Service (Elstead)
Carol Service (Elstead)
Midnight Mass (Elstead)
Midnight Mass (Thursley)
Friday 25th
CHRISTMAS DAY
8.00am
9.00am
10.00am
10.00am
Holy Communion (Elstead)
Parish Communion (Thursley)
Family Communion (Elstead)
Family Service (Thursley)
SUNDAY 27th
Christmas 1
8.00am
10.00am
10.00am
Holy Communion (Elstead)
Parish Communion (Thursley)
Family Communion (Elstead)
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VILLAGE DIARY
DECEMBER
Tuesday 1st
Wednesday 2nd
6.30-9.30pm Table Tennis Evening. Thursley Village Hall
7.30pm
Thursley Parish Council Mee5ng. All welcome.
Thursley Village Hall.
12.30pm
Thursley Fellowship. Lunch at The T hree
Horseshoes, Thursley. All are welcome.
Thursday 3rd
2.15pm
Friday 4th
8.-00pm
Tuesday 8th
6.30-9.30pm Table Tennis Evening. Thursley Village Hall.
Thursday 10th
1.00pm
8.00pm
Saturday 12th
7.30pm
Sunday 13th
2.30pm
Tuesday 15th
Friday 18th
Elstead WI. Elstea d Village Hall. All we lcome.
See p32.
Killer Queen Charity Concert. Woolmer Hill
School, Haslemere. See p33.
Thursley Club Chris tmas Lunch. Thurs ley Village
Hall. See p28.
Thursley Village Ha ll Management CommiGee
Mee5ng. All welcome. Thursley Village Hall
(North Hall).
Classica l Concert by Godalming Choral Society.
Charte rhouse Hall, Godalming (p33)
Thursley Children’s Chris tmas Party. Thursley
Village Hall. See p13.
6.30-9.30pm Table Tennis Evening. Thursley Village Hall.
All welcome.
7.30pm
The Clockhouse Cinema presents “Pa ddington”.
Doors open 6.30pm See p25.
Saturday 19th
10.00am
Tuesday 22th
6.30-9.30pm Table Tennis Evening. Thursley Village Hall.
All welcome.
6.00pm
Carol Sing ing & Mulled Wine. All welcome.
Outside Three Horseshoes pub.
10.30am
Chris tmas Day Mulled Wine & M ince Pies for
villagers at the Three Horseshoes.
Thursday 24th
Friday 25th
Tuesday 29th
Churchyard Working Party. St Michael &
All Angels Church, Thursley. All help welcome
6.30-9.30pm Table Tennis Evening. Thursley Village Hall.
All welcome.
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FROM THE CHURCH
BY REVD PETER MUIR
literature, but he is also remembered
as a philosopher, social scientist,
Christian theological thinker, and analyst of anthropology and culture.
Perhaps Girard’s greatest contribution has been to develop an understanding of the human condition, both
individual and cultural, against which
to view Christian doctrine. Girard’s
analysis of the world is like putting on
a pair of glasses that suddenly brings
both human culture and the teachings
of Jesus into clear focus.
I wasn’t preaching a sermon last
Sunday but I’d looked at the set gospel reading from Mark (13:1-8) in
which Jesus talks about nations at
war, earthquakes and famines. There
are times when it is very easy to imagine that the Biblical prophesies are
describing the world we are living in
right now and this year seems to be
one of them. Jesus describes a global
picture of escalating conflict and chaos, and when we turn on the news,
it’s there before our eyes. Things
seem more out of control than ever
this year with the apparent chaotic
lawlessness and brutality of the Islamic State. None of the world leaders
seems to have a realistic plan to resolve it.
One of the areas he studied in depth
was the nature of cycles of apocalyptic violence. René Girard argues that
human violence emerges from the
way we desire and covet things. One
of his central theories is that humans
imitate the desires of others, and
when we both desire the same thing,
we become rivals and end up fighting
over those things. When it erupts as
outright violence, Girard says that we
continue to imitate each other in the
form of retribution. And so it goes on
in an ever increasing spiral. Girard
says we increasingly become mirror
images of our enemies, because we
model our treatment of them on their
treatment of us. Girard also says that
one of ways humans use religion is to
justify their violence and distinguish
themselves, at least in their own
minds, from their enemies. “We might
Another seemingly unrelated piece
of news was the death on the 4th November, of René Girard one of the
greatest thinkers of the 20th century.
His thinking has influenced many people. René Girard was a Frenchman
whose thinking spanned a number of
disciplines. His doctorate was in history, and he taught as a professor of
both be employing the same violence,
but my violence is good violence because it is sanctioned by God and is
only used against bad people.”
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So, as Girard says, here we have
the perfect recipe for the apocalyptic
violence, brutality and chaos we currently see around us. Jesus never
suggests that the apocalyptic violence
would be commanded or caused by
God. Both Jesus and Girard say this is
simply what happens, what human
culture repeatedly perpetuates.
ploughshares. With these thoughts
still in my head, I was watching Sense
and Sensibility on Sunday and my
ears pricked up when I heard Eleanor
Dashwood say “It isn’t what we say or
think that defines us, but what we
do”.
The way the western nations have
been responding to “problems” in the
Middle East has created the terror we
now face. The more we keep responding in ways that help the impression that we are at war with Islam, the easier it will be for Islamist
extremists to recruit new Islamist extremists. The French President yesterday said France was at war with ISIL
and promised a "pitiless response" to
the attacks in Paris. While I understand that sentiment in the circumstances, those sort of statements are
pure gold for the Islamist recruiters.
Part of my Christian belief is that
God will gladly and willingly forgive all
our sins and trespasses. God showed
us that when he came among us in
the person of Jesus, calling us to follow him, to imitate him, and showing
us by example the way of mercy that
overcomes hatred and violence with
self-sacrificial love and grace. Jesus
sacrificed himself by turning the other
cheek against the the violent religious
and political zealots of his day and,
refusing to mirror their hostility, by
choosing to return only love and forgiveness.
One of the things that René Girard
has taught us is that religious or state
-sanctioned violence is the only way
we have ever known to get ourselves
out of seemingly apocalyptic crises
where the violence threatens to spiral
and involve all. However I do wonder
whether this mechanism is beginning
to lose its power because fewer people can still be deceived into believing
unquestioningly that "our" official violence is "good" and qualitatively different from "their" bad violence.
Someone else who foresaw this was
Martin Luther King Jnr who prophetically warned us that soon the only
choic e wou ld be between n onviolence and non-existence. Sobering
thoughts on this troubled world.
With René Girard to help us to understand more clearly the workings of
the cycle of hatred and violence, the
nature of Jesus’s way of salvation becomes more apparent. Although, as
Jesus says, he could call down armies
of angels to violently repress the
world’s enemies, he knows that would
only perpetuate the cycle, not break
it. Self-sacrificial love and forgiveness
are the only answer that will work,
and the only way that has almost never been tried in human history.
We are not called to prove our zeal
in fierce battles, imitating and outdoing our enemies. We are called to imitate Jesus instead, to lov e our enemies and to turn our swords into
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In the midst of the violence in Paris, and also keeping in mind violence all around the
world here is part of the Prayer of Remembrance that Pope Francis prayed at the interfaith religious service at Ground Zero earlier this year.
God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world:
peace in the hearts of all men and women
and peace among the nations of the earth.
Turn to your way of love
those whose hearts and minds
are consumed with hatred,
and who justify killing in the name of religion.
God of understanding,
overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy,
we seek your light and guidance
as we confront such terrible events.
Grant that those whose lives were spared
may live so that the lives lost here
may not have been lost in vain.
Comfort and console us,
strengthen us in hope,
and give us the wisdom and courage
to work tirelessly
for a world where true peace and love reign
among nations and in the hearts of all.
A THANK YOU TO NICKI BATES
BY GINNY LINDLEY
I would like to say a big tha nk-you to Nicki Bates for organising the Bring & Take
events all these years, and indee d for instigating the m in the first place. She and
Richard have worked very hard at organising, storing items before a nd afte r the
events, and disposing of the final “unwa nteds”. A great deal more goes into these
things than just being there on the day!
I am pleased to have been a part of it all since the very early days as one of Ncki’s
helpers, and I have enjoyed it very much. Our household has be nefite d from disposing of items we no longe r needed, and our two younger sons have been large ly
equippe d with household items throughout the ir student years from these sessions.
I have a good many things in my own kitchen which have come this way, so tha nk
you also to all who brought things, as well as took them away.
I shall miss what we came to call the Swap Sale, so thank you Nicki once more for
giving many of us the opportunity to do something worthwhile, and to enjoy ourselves at the same time.
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THURSLEY CHRISTMAS POST
Delivery Area:
Dye House Road, The Street, Highfield Lane, Olde Lane, Smallbrook Lane
and surrounding areas in and around the Village. (Sadly, they cannot include
Pitch Place or Brook as they will be delivering on foot, bicycle or scooter!).
Timescales and Drop Off:
Drop Off Point:
All Christmas cards will need to be dropped off at Hill House Farm. The children will leave a Christmas Box in our porch for the cards to be left in.
Deadline:
Saturday 12th December
Delivery:
Christmas cards will then be delivered during w/c Sunday 13th December.
Stamps:
The children will be creating Thursley Christmas Stamps. Each stamp will be
10 pence each and all funds received will be donated this year to
Thursley Village Hall
If you would like the children to deliver your Christmas cards, please could
you place your money for postage in an envelope with your name on it and
place it in the box with your Christmas Cards. The children will then put a
stamp on each of your cards and deliver them for you to the correct address
in the Village.
All cards will need to be clearly labelled with the
name and address of the recipient.
PLEASE NOTE ALL CARDS WILL NEED TO BE WITH US BY
SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER FOR DELIVERY.
Any questions please ask and I will try and answer on their behalf!
Sonya Maclean:
01252 752454/mac [email protected]
With love from
Secretary of the Christmas Card Delivery Team:
Ben, Holly, Archie & Emmy Maclean! xx
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CHRISTMAS EVE CAROLS
THE THREE HORSESHOES PUB
6.00PM
You are all invited to the pub on Christmas Eve for
live music and carol singing at 6.00pm.
Festive fare will also be on offer:
mulled wine, sausages and mince pies.
This is a wonderful Thursley village tradition,
so we hope you can come along and enjoy a
sing-song with friends and neighbours.
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THURSLEY PARISH COUNCIL
REPORT OF THE OCTOBER MEETING
BY JAMES MENDELSSOHN (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF PARISH COUNCIL)
The November mee5ng of the Parish
Council was held on Monday 2 November. It was good to see that John Luff
from Warren Park was again a ble to
a-end, ensuring tha t all parts of our geographically sprea d parish was represented at the meeDng, either by Councillors
or by membe rs of the public.
the Milford roundabout. It was agreed
that Cllr Hunte r should speak with his
contact at Highways England to inform
them of the confusion caused the day
following the clos ure.
During the 5me allocated to public quesDons at the meeDng, Nicki Bates asked
whether conside raDon had been given to
puOng speed restricDon sDckers on
wheelie bins in an a-empt to slow drivers speeding through the village. Although there was much sympathy for any
iniDaDve that would encourage drivers to
slow down as they come through our
village, it was re cognised that the re are
some possible downsides to this idea
too. Where expe riments have been conducted in other villages, feedback had
been received that villagers were leaving
their wheelie bins out for extended periods, (which was deemed to be very unsightly) and the police a re concerned
that any noDces on the sides of wheelie
bins can be quite a dis tracDon for drivers. It was therefore agreed not to progress the idea at this Dme.
Recognising the growing involvement of
the reside nts of Warren Park in village
ma-ers, a noDce board for Warren Park
has now been orde red and will be installed shortly. We also hope to have a
provision in next year’s budget for a
fourth village defibrillator to be installed
there, to complement those already installed or planne d in the old telephone
box opposite the Clump, in the bus s helter in Bowlhead Gree n, and at Pitch Place.
Talking of the pla nning for ne xt year’s
budget, we are conside ring including a
provision to update the Village Design
Statement, and we are also obtaining
guideline cos ts to extend the roadway
from the ramp down onto the recreaDon
ground, pa rallel with the road, to e nable
cars to park in this area without furthe r
damaging the re creaDon ground itse lf.
The Council is very aware of the benefits
of the Ne ighbourhood Watch Scheme
and we are now in the process of finalising arrangements for the appointment of
our ne w Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator. Details will be provided in due
course.
Once again, dis cussion took place regarding re cent clos ures of the Hindhead
Tunnel and the diversion routes and signage that were put in place. F rustraDon
was expressed tha t the road closure and
diversion signs we re sDll in place on the
Thursley slip road on the night aFe r the
closure, even though the tunnel was
open, but that the signs then stopped at
For further updates regarding minutes of
council mee5ngs a nd other news, please
visit www.thursley -pc.gov.uk
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THURSLEY VILLAGE HALL
NEWS FROM THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
BY CLEA BEE CHEY (CHAIRMAN)
By the time you read this, our Farnham Maltings show, It’s A Wonderful
Life, will have taken place as a magical start to the Christmas season. As I
write, we are three tickets short of a
full house, with a week still to go, so I
think I can safely say it will have been
a fabulous success! With our link-up
with The Three Horseshoes for a postshow meal deal, we are looking forward to theatre once again being a
regular feature at the Hall.
ning costs separate from money specifically given or raised for the improvements set out in the recent exhibition.
Other events coming up include the
annual Thursley Children’s Christmas
Party on Sunday 13 th December – a
huge thank you is due to the Directors
of The Three Horseshoes for stepping
in at the last minute as sponsors. Tickets, at £5 per child, are available from
[email protected].
The next one is already booked – for
Sunday 6 th March 2016. Hiraeth, with
live music and Welsh cakes, is an
award-winning show which will be followed by a Twmpath, a Welsh barn
dance, where the audience will really
be able to let our hair down! The pub
will again do a post-show meal deal,
this time with a Welsh theme. Don’t
forget to save the date …
Also planned, though no dates fixed
yet, are a Quiz Night, Whist Drive,
Make & Take Afternoon, and the reintroduction of the Thursley Summer
Fete. We’ll keep you posted.
The Hall Working Party is holding a
Strippers Day (that caught your interest, didn’t it?) on Sunday 24th January
– starting at 9.30am, and strengthened by endless cups of tea, coffee
and homemade cakes and biscuits, all
are welcome to help strip the internal
doors at the hall back to the original
wood. Please come along and help
(no experience necessary)!
Other Hall new s: we have a new
website at
www.thursleyvillagehall.co.uk.
Please let us have your comments,
suggestions or any content you would
like to add. We would like to add a
Gallery to the site, so if any of you has
any great photos of past events, we
would love to put them up.
Our next committee meeting is on
Thursday 10 th December at 8.00pm in
the North Hall – anyone and everyone
is welcome.
The Children’s Secondhand Book
Fair at the end of October was a great
success - the Hall was abuzz with parents and kids, and it raised over £365
for the Hall’s renovation fund. At our
last meeting, the committee decided
to set up a separate bank account for
this in order to keep day to day run-
Happy Christmas! And thank you
for all the warm support and comments w e have received …
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THE THREE HORSESHOES UPDATE
BY JIM DICKIE
Moving forward I’ve listed our schedule
for now until the end of January and also
provided open times over the festive period. Hopefully there is lots to interest you.
Dawn and I look forward to seeing you
plenty of times over the next few weeks.
December 1st to December24th:
Pre-ordered Christmas Menu alongside
regular menu.
Christmas Eve at 6pm:
Carols outside the pub lead by James Von
Trapp Maclean. With the usual festive
mulled wine and eats. Normal dinner service.
Christmas Morning at 10.30am:
Come and join us for mulled wine and
mince pies.
Christmas Day Lunch:
Buffet Christmas lunch 1.30 (Fully
Booked with waiting list).
Boxing Day:
Normal lunch service (please book early).
New Year’s Eve:
Come for a quiet genteel diner with special menu and a glass of fizz.
New Year’s Day:
Lunchtime service.
13/14 January:
Tom’s Supper Club (just a few places left)
25 January: Traditional Burn’s Night
menu (A free scotch for every kilt).
Storm Barney whistles through The
Three Horseshoes!!
No - the scaffolding you might have noticed on the pub was not to allow repairs
from Barney. In fact effort is underway on
remedial work to the main roof. This involves removing the existing tiles, removing and replacing decade batons, installing
a waterproof membrane (not present on
the 100 year-old roof) and recycling as
many original tiles as possible. The scaffolders had just finish setting things up
when Barney blew in so the structure had
a severe examination straight away. The
project is due for completion, weather
permitting, early December in time to let
us deck the pub out for Christmas.
So with these events in mind the opening
times over the holidays will be normal
except for:
Our early November events went off
well with a good turnout considering the
weather for the hunt on the 7th followed
on the Sunday by quite a boisterous Bonfire Night. Many thanks to all our neighbours for their consideration. Lighting the
fireworks became quite a challenge although reverting to the crèm e Brule torch
seemed to overcome that problem.
Christmas Day – Evening Closed
Boxing Day – Evening Closed
New Years Day – Evening Closed
5/6 January – Kitchen Closed
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Tuesday 1st - Thursday 24th December 2015
Pre-Order Menu
To Start
Spiced cauliflower & parsnip soup
ScoOsh salmon Gravadlax with fennel & pink grapefruit
Goats cheese arrancini, pickled carrots
Terrine of rabbit & soured cherries with pear chutney
& toasted sour dough
Oxtail casserole with spetzle, baby onions, bu-on mushrooms,
Beaufort cheese & sage crumb
Mains
Roast Norfolk Turkey, duck fat roast potatoes, shredded sprouts with
bacon, stuffing, pigs in blankets, chantanay carrots & cranberry sauce
Braised duck leg with cherries, chestnut potato cake & savoy cabbage
Pan fried ScoOsh salmon with fennel escabeche, broccoli puree
& seaweed croque-es
Spinach & rico-a pasDlla, watercress sauce & crushed new potatoes
Dessert
Mulled wine poached pear with pistachio ice cream
Christmas pudding, brandy bu-er & cream
Warm ClemenDne cake with Grand Marnier custard
Chocolate mousse with banana ice cream & rum syrup
Vacherin mont dor cheese with the quince jelly,apricot
& hazelnut bread or crackers
2 Courses £27
3 Courses £32
An opDonal 10% Service charge will be added to tables of 8 or more
Book now on 01252 703268 or on www.OpenTable.com
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THURSLEY HISTORY SOCIETY
BY JOHN WALSHE
heads are gold
But the hopes of the young and the wisdom of age
Will all leave their mark on our history’s
page.
There’s some of us gi ed with excellent
brains
And some (which is be$er) take infinite
pains
But if we can’t lecture or make a good
speech
At least we can learn what the others can
teach.
OUR AGM AND THE CENTENARY OF THE
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
Perhaps you can dance or can sing or can
play
Or can act any part in a wonderful play
But if on the pla)orm you’re not at your
best
You can always applaud and encourage
the rest.
Having cantered through the AGM and
approved everything in sight, we went on
to a glass of wine and then to hear a ll
about the Women’s InsDtute and its early
years here in Elstead and in Thursley.
This year, the InsDtute celebrates its English Centenary with reminders of Dmes
gone by. In the early 20 th century the
membership of the Thurs ley branch was
around 90 and all e ngaged in an acDve
programme – including jam – and singing
‘The Thursley Song’ which is our contribuDon from Dmes gone by for this month.
An unselfish effort is always worthwhile
Especially when it is made with a smile
We are all out for service, whatever it be
From reading the minutes to handing the
tea.
CHORUS
Then we’ll all work together in fellowship
true
For you’re helping me and I’m helping
you;
United we stand but divided we fall
And it’s all for each and each for all.
THURSLEY WI SONG
If life in a village seems narrow and grey
To brighten it up I will show you a way
Be an Instute member and then you will
see
There is plenty to do both for you and for
me.
MLA
From the page made for Mrs Aue rbach’s
reDrement in 1929.
There’s some of us youthful and some of
us old
And some heads are silver and some
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Our speaker was Be-y Moxon who has
long been an acDve Elstead membe r and
very well-informe d on InsDtute history.
She brought with he r Urs ula Dunlop.
Ursula had been chairman of Thurs ley
Women’s InsDtute there were several
others in the room who had bee n members. Memory Lane was well trod that
evening.
And all that leads us into 2016 and
those who have paid your £10 subscripDon will know that on Wednesday 20 th
January Margaret Griffiths from Surrey
Heritage is coming to talk to us about
the Poor in Society in the 17th century.
We will no doubt hear the origin of that
statement ‘The poor a re always with
us’. It promises to be a very different
life to that we know today so please put
the date in your diaries and come along.
CHRISTMAS RECYCLING
BY NICKI BATES
(COMMUNITY RECYCLER & SURREY GREEN NETWORK VOLUNTEER)
Wastenotuk.com is a great website if
you want to support Hugh’s efforts to
change a supermarke t system based on
oversupply. The we bsite also has lots of
tips for re ducing food waste in the home.
Christmas is a time when we are all likely
to find ourse lves with some leftover food
so don’t forge t to use your food waste
caddies. They take all waste food,
cooked or uncooke d including the turkey
carcass. Bette r still, try one of Hugh’s
useful ideas or recipes for over ripe fruit
and vegetables.
Refuse collection days over Christmas
remain the same except for the following two days:
I wonde r how many of you saw Hugh
Fernley -Whittingstall’s TV programmes
last month highlighting how much food
is wasted because supermarkets think
their customers won’t buy ‘wonky’,
slightly impe rfect looking fruit and vegetables. I hope Hugh can pe rsuade the
supermarke ts to relax the ir cosmetic
standards so tha t perfectly good food is
eaten and our hard working farmers
don’t end up having to plough it back
into the ground.
Friday 25th December will be collected
on Sunday 27t h December.
Friday 1st January will be collected on
Saturday 2nd January.
Nicki Bates
Tel: 01252 702671
[email protected]
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WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE FARM THIS MONTH?
BY JO RANSON
I wish the weather would make its
mind up. The only consistent thing is
that it is unusually warm. It makes
it quite tricky to know what to wear
(not because I feel the cows like or
dislike my fashion sense) but to
know what is practical; if you wear
waterproofs when it rains you can
end up sweating so much you end up
wetter on the inside than the outside, and a thicker jacket when the
wind blows isn’t then needed when
the wind drops. Strangely enough we
could do with it getting colder and
having a few good frosts to kill off
the flies. Flies on the dairy cows at
milking time have to be one of the
most infuriating things ever, they
constantly kick the cluster unit off
and flick tails, and it feels like you
have milked 500 cows not 250.
means a few less energy losses and
more growing. When we breed beef
crossed we tag the boys with a yellow and blue tag and the girls with a
yellow and red tag, however these
were the bought in ones and their
ear tags were all the same. We got
them all into the barn and then put
some of them into a pen in smaller
groups where I would grovel around
almost on hands and knees to see
who was a boy and who was a girl,
then we would load up a trailer load
of girls and take them to their new
field and then boys until all moved.
Brilliant - job done until one got out
and joined the girls. On investigation there was no power on the electric fence, this was because someone had cut the cable from where it
leaves
the
fencer
unit
at
Homefields, so we rejoined it. All
was well until it was cut again, this
time they all got through the fences
and were mixed up. My hour of
groveling around in a dark shed was
rather wasted and will have to be
done again sometime, so frustrating.
As for the fencer unit we have revised where that is as we can’t risk
them getting out again.
It’s been another busy month, our
new store cattle were now moved
into the bigger maize field, and we
separated the boys and girls. The
reason for splitting them is for a
couple things. It makes feeding
them pellets easier, and less of
them to run you over. The second is
that because the girls will come into
season and will then jump on each
other when this happens, a lot of
energy is wasted doing this, so
keeping the boys out of the mix
Tomorrow
we
start
AIing
(artificially inseminating). We have
been spending quite a lot of time
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watching the cows at different
times of the day and night over the
last three weeks to see who has
come bulling (into season). Doing
this early gives us an idea of how
many cows to expect bulling on certain days, and who we haven’t seen.
Unseen ones will get seen by the vet
at the end of the week. With the
heifers we put stickers on them
right from the start. Heifers bulling times tend to be shorter than
cows (a few hours rather than 12 –
24) and so we may miss them. Using
stickers (which are like the lottery
scratch card (we know someone who
did use scratch cards once but
couldn’t claim the prize as when he
took it off the cow the barcode was
ruined)) show up when another heifer has ridden them. So that was
mine and Nick’s job today - we put
about 8 heifers into a pen to keep
them tightly packed, I then add a
bit of extra glue to the sticker and
Nick sticks them on the heifer’s tail
head. Sometimes reaching the one
at the front of the pen is like doing
one of those stage dives singers do
at a concert, Nick demonstrated
this on the heifers bottoms several
times (see picture).
I have squeezed in some halter
training and bathing practice to
take Jubbly, my year-old bull, to the
South East Charolais calf show.
Walking without his head in a bucket is proving a bit tricky but bath
time was a bit more successful, he is
now looking a little whiter.
This coming month will be spent
watching cows for bulling signs - to
keep the calving pattern tight we
need to serve as many cows as possible over the next 6 weeks, so
come rain, shine day or night we will
be watching those cows like a hawk.
When you read this it will be nearly
Christmas so the cows and I wish
you all a very merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
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THURSLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
BY PAT CLAKE
Programme for 2016
Wed 3rd Feb
Members’ Evening
Wed 16th March
Talk: Peter Herring: ‘Winkw orth Arbore
tum; the Legacy of a Remarkable Man’
Sat 9th April
Spring Show
Sat 7th May
Plant Sale
Wed 15th June
A visit to the gardens at Vann
Sat 16th July
Summer Show
Wed 20th July
A visit to the gardens at Fittlew orth House
Sat 17th Sept
Autumn Show
Wed 19th Oct
Talk: David Millais ‘Rhododendrons – from
the Himalayas to Chelsea’
Wed 2nd Nov
AGM and social evening including w ine
and refreshments
Everyone is w elcome to our Shows and Talks.
The subscription for 2016 is unchanged at £5.00 per member.
Discounts are available in some local suppliers w hen your membership card is show n. Schedules w ill be ready and distributed to
you in the New Year. If you w ould like renew your membership
and receive your card before then or if you are interested in joining, please contact Tina Chant 01428 289778 or Pat Clake
01252 706869.
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THE CLOCKHOUSE CINEMA
PRESENTS
Friday 18th Decem ber 2015
7.30pm start
(doors open at 6.45pm )
Tickets are j ust £5.00
We will even have a Licensed Bar!
For tickets and more information you can contact the
Manager, Jessica, on 01483 420668
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LIFE ON THE COMMON 61
BY JAMES GILES
They are all gone. What are? The electricity pylons; they have blighted the
landscape across Thursley NNR for over
50 years. As the dying days of October
came to pass the final 3 pylons which
carried 33,000 volts over the reserve
finally came down. Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE) fulfilled their promise and returned with a semi –
amphibious vehicle to drive out across
the bog (or correctly the mire) to cut,
pull down and remove them. With a
very fitting epitaph in that the last pylon
was too awkward to retrieve by machine and had to be cut up and removed
by hand, and many of those ha nds were
my regular band of volunteers. So a two
-year project and a ten-year dream have
come to fruition. And in my humble
opinion this ha s made the site that
much better, and now so much more
visually appealing - and it wasn’t all that
ad to start with!
Another, albeit much smaller, difference, has been the refreshing of the
nature trail. Starting at the Moat car
park clear red arrows on posts now
clearly guide you round the “Heath
trail”. This takes in many of the key areas of the reserve, focusing o n the wetter habitats for the most part with hints
of what lies beyond this, offering unrivalled views and wildlife watching opportunities.
Speaking of unrivalled views; all of you
can’t have helped but notice what a
stunning palate of colours autumn provided this year. Apparently it was all
down to the weather patterns during
the summer, and with a very mild start
to the autumn. Best of all it’s free.
Another spectacle of the autumn is the
appearance of the mushrooms or fungi.
Fungi, of course, are present all year but
they certainly show off in the early au-
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cial as the plants give certain sugars in
the form of carbohydrates to the fungi,
and the funga l partner will help the
plants roots get nitrates and phosphates from the soils - a symbiotic relationship. But some associations are not
playing a fair game, t hey become parasitic and the fungi will take and not give
and will eventua lly kill off the host plant.
This ha s been going on for many, many
millions of years. Nature is as ever mind
blowing in her complexities.
And finally, I am running a series of
work days over the coming months. Mid
-week will be alternating Wednesdays
and Thursday and one Sunday a month.
Please do get in touch for dates and
meeting areas. We will be clearing some
of the invading scrub, so a cheery fire
may tempt some. Working until 3 - 4pm
(ish) or, as however long you can spare.
Old clothes, gloves (I have some), food
and drink required, I will bring tea,
coffee and maybe even some cakes. All
tools and training provided. Please let
me know if you can help on the details
below. I look forward to hearing from
you.
I would also like to take this opportunity as we enter December to wish you a ll
a merry and peaceful Christmas and I’ll
be back next year. Take care one and a ll
– cheers .
James G iles
Reserve manager
Mobile :07971 974399
[email protected]
tumn before the first frosts arrive. The
mushrooms we see though are a small
part of the story. The fungi exist under
our feet for the bulk of their life cycles;
the bit we see is the fruiting body. Let
me explain; the actual fungus is a web
of microscopic root like threads called
hyphae and they form a mass growing
through the ground, old wood, or anywhere in fact. These use various enzymes to break down organic matter to
feed much like our own stomachs.
When that food source is exhausted
they fruit in order to reproduce by producing huge amounts of spores, seeds if
you like, and that’s the bit we are familiar with.
Many plants, trees etc actually form a
partnership with these fungal threads in
a process called mycorrhizal association.
For the most part this is mutually benefi-
VOLUNTEER DATES FOR DEC EMBER
All volunteers very welcome and much appreciated.
MeeDng areas to be agreed nearer the Dme.
9.30am start for weekdays, and 10.00am for Sundays.
Wed 9th, Wed 16th & Sun 20th
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LATEST POLICE UPDATE
BY PCSO JOHN FRA NCIS
MyusualChristmasreminder
Sorry everyone, but it is ti me for my
traditional reminder regarding actions
youcantakesoyoucanenjoyahappy
and safe Christmas and New Year. I
know that I do this every year, but I
thinkthatitisreallyimportant,sothat
we can all enjoy this festive time of
year.
Goingout
Remember to lock all doors and windowsandtosetyourburglaralarm.If
you are going away over the festive
period ask a neighbour or your local
NeighbourhoodWatchscheme tokeep
aneyeonyourhouse.Donotpostdetailsofyourholidayonsocialnetworkingsites.
Athome
Don’t leave presents under the christmas tree in view of a window. Hide
them somewhere safe until Christmas
morning.
Securitymarkexpensivepresents,such
aselectronicequipmentwithaforensic
markingproductandkeepaninventory
onapropertyregistration website such
aswww.immobilise.com.
Dispose of Christmas gift packaging
carefully.Emptyboxesleftoutsidecan
advertisetothieveswhattheycan'ind
inside.
Makeyourhouselook occupiedbyusing automatic timer switches to turn
interiorlights,radiosorTVsonandoff
and ensure you cancel your milk and
newspapers.
ThursleyReportedCrimeFigures
16October-16November2015.
I am pleased to say that we have no
reportedcrimesforthearea.
Wishingyouallcontinuedgoodhealth
andprosperity.
THE THURSLEY CLUB
BY BRE NDA MCDE RMOTT
On our mystery outing in October we passed through the most colourful countryside we have seen for a long time. Due to the weather conditions of the last
few weeks the trees and hedgerows were still at their very best. Beautiful hues
of golds and greens.
A stop for lunch at the pretty Partridge Inn at Singleton was a delight. Great
food and very friendly service added to the day. A drive home through still
more colourful scenery was a joy and everyone agreed that being in a coach
gave us a much better view of everything.
Our Christm as lunch w ill be on the 10th Decem ber at 1pm . Hope to
see you all then.
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CHILDREN’S CHURCH
BY CAROLYN LANE
Through the autumn leaves, we ran
down to the Dame School, excited
to see each other and begin our activities. The children embarked on
finishing our “Creation” picture;
they added trees and flowers and
some more animals and, unprompted,
Hannah thought she would tackle
making the earth, for the centre of
the picture!
While Nathaniel
worked on snakes and dinosaurs with
endless names, Hannah drew her
version of land on green paper, cut
it out, then added detail and coloured it in. Imogen helped Hannah
and also added some ‘creations’ of
her own. All the children’s work
looked fabulous, collaged onto our
explosive background in addition to
the pictures from last time.
lighted the congregation on our return to the church.
Hannah’s little song:
Jesus is the love,
Jesus is the love,
Jesus is the love,
God is the love as well.
Beautifully sung, Hannah!
You
were very brave to sing your made
up song to everyone in church, and
deserved your applause!
Thank you, Imogen, for all your help
with preparation, the activity and
clearing up afterwards, it is always
very much appreciated.
Of Children’s Church:
Nathaniel said “I liked doing the
rest of the animals and the maltesers!”
Hannah said “I liked making the
world and singing.”
Imogen said “I enjoyed helping Hannah to cut out her animals and showing the congregation our finished
picture.”
Well done, Nathaniel, Hannah and
Imogen, the finished picture looks
fabulous!
While we were working, we talked
about ‘All Souls’, for which the service was taking place later that day.
I explained to the children that it is
for us to remember people we know
who have died; family, friends or
people we know of in our community
or have heard about in the news.
While we were busy working on our
pictures, Hannah started singing her
own composition, with which she de-
If you think you might like to come
and join us, new and visiting children
are always welcome.
6th December is our next Children’s Church.
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BUYING OFF PLAN
BY DAVID LEWIS, PARTNER AT GRILLO LLP
Pur ch as ers s hould be aw are
of t he ma ny da nge rs t hat buyi ng off pl an ca n pre se nt.
t he open ma rke t, si mpl y f or
t he pre sti ge of bei ng one of
t he f i rst owners.
Us ually, th e de velo per is unl ik el y t o produce a deta il ed
spe cif i cat ion, yet t hi s i s vi tal
f or a buye r. Gl ossy sal es brochure showi ng si mila r sche mes
complet ed by t he de ve l oper
ma y not accurate l y re fle ct t he
prope rty t ha t you a re buying.
I f o th er bu yer s ca nnot be
f ound at t hose le ve ls, subseque nt prices f or ot he r prope rt ie s i n t he de ve lopme nt may
e xpose those ea rl ie st sale s as
e xce ssi ve w he n t he re ma i nder
of t he sche me come s t o be
sol d.
D e tail ed plan s a nd a full
spe cif i cat ion a re e ssentia l , l isti ng pre ci se ly w hat i s be i ng
bui lt a nd t he qual it y a nd e xt ent of fi xt ure s a nd f i ni shes
i nclude d in the pri ce .
T he n ther e is t he a dde d ri sk
of the de vel ope r runni ng out
of funds be fore t he sche me is
complet e. A buye r can then be
fa ce d wit h a le ngt hy a nd e xpe nsi ve le gal ba tt le t o see t he
de ve lopme nt fi nishe d or t o recove r t he ir de posit , w hi ch in
some ci rcumst ance s ma y si mpl y not be w ort h t he eff ort .
Pa ying a de posi t and a gree i ng
a pri ce up f ront ca n result in
sa vi ngs w he n house pri ces are
ri si ng as some devel ope rs wi ll
consider re duct i ons on t he full
sal e pri ce t o ref le ct t he y ha ve
a sal e bef ore t he prope rt y is
bui lt .
Ho we ve r, wh er e prices
fa ll i ng, t he buye r coul d
l ock e d i n t o a cont ra ct t hat
qui re s t he m t o pa y more
t he propert y t ha n i t may
w ort h w he n compl ete d.
T his is a co stl y e rror t o be
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A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE FAR SIDE
BY ROBERT CHARLES
Back in October I read tha t a Headmaster
demanded a Halloween display be taken
down from his school wa lls because it
was celebraDng a pagan fesDval and that
was unacce ptable in a ChrisDan s chool.
Harsh, you might think.
see’, she said, ‘but that doesn’t make you
ChrisDan, you can’t call yourself ChrisDan
unless you be lieve in Christ’. So we
looked at each other for a bit and she told
me I wasn’t going to get the benefits of a
believer aFe r I died and I was missing out
on the chance for prayer to s olve the
problems of my life.
I was browsing through a Chris tmas card
catalogue that had arrived uninvited
through our le -erbox and noDced that of
the 156 ca rds, 6 depicted the Virgin Mary
and the baby Jesus, with the Shepherds
and the T hree Kings meriDng one each;
Santa Claus made 19 appearances while
even the Robin made 6, the res t we re a
mixture of trees, snow, animals and scenery, apart from one card tha t was called
‘Thoughts of Christmas’, it was a bauble
made up of words - ‘mince pies, warm
fires, turkey, crackers, joy, season’s
greeDngs’, etc – but no me nDon of the
birth of Jesus. I’m fully expecDng that
Headmaster to ban Christmas.
So does Christmas be long to nonbelievers too? Well it’s irre levant isn’t it
because it has become a fesDval with
religious overtones that fewe r and fewer
people believe in and because of that its
valuable meaning is being lost. While the
naDon’s churches may ring to the sound
of carols this month the true message of
Chris tmas is be ing heard less and less.
A stranger I sat next to on a plane once
told me tha t at Christmas she asked each
of her children to find a toy, one that they
hadn’t finished with and would miss,
wrap it up and donate it to a child worse
off than them. That for her was the spirit
of Christmas, of giving and sacrificing.
Of course we have all heard the call for
an understa nding of the significance of
this cele braDon rather than the excitement of consumerism and over indulgence. To take some Dme to conside r our
lives, to reflect upon our moDvaDons and
to try to be part of the g reater good,
however that may be achieved, must
surely be worthwhile and catharDc.
I don’t know if the woma n on the plane
was a ChrisDan, it doesn’t ma -er, what
she was doing was something she had
decided was virtuous, allowing he r children to show kindness to others and to
benefit from it. And that is wha t’s important – the way we live our lives.
Someone I sat next to at a Dinner re cently asked me about my beliefs. It came as a
surprise, house prices - yes, spiritual confessional – no, not us ually. Anyway I said
that although I wasn’t a be liever I tried to
live my life with a ChrisDan ethos. ‘Oh I
Whether you believe in the birth of Christ
or not it is a story of hope, of sacrifice and
love. Something we can all do with believing in.
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ELSTEAD WI
BY ANNE MOON
AGM Meeting of 5 November 2015
Elstead Afternoon WI enjoyed a good
attenda nce a t their AGM , with President
Helen White we lcoming four visitors.
had presente d a cheque for £1,000 a t the
official opening of the kitchen.
Betty
had written to Jeremy Hunt re the diversion a nd liaison schemes for me ntally ill
offenders na tionwide in support of “Care
not Custody” campaign.
She had received a reply from Mr Hunt giving assurances that the matte r is in progress and
during the last year there had bee n a 24%
reduction in pe ople sectioned unde r the
Mental Health Act be ing taken to police
stations .
Helen paid tribute to those membe rs
who give their continued support to the
W.I. by running the Sales table and
Raffle, and whose efforts contribute to
our funds. Cyclamen plants were presented to Jill Stewart and Betty Burton
and also to Hila ry Pettman for hosting
the Committee meetings. A Squires Gift
Vouche r was given to Dee Beeson, who
was thanked for all her efforts in running
the Craft sessions, which sadly will have
to e nd in Dece mber if no-one else can be
found to head the group. Helen gave
thanks for the wonde rful trips and theatre outings organised by Hila ry Pettman.
There were two re tiring membe rs from
the Committee, Jill Neal who covered the
press reports, who also rece ived a plant
and the Secre tary, Betty Moxon, who
had served on the Committee in various
capacities including a Presidential role in
the past, was given e specia l thanks for
her sterling work and Helen also presented her with a Squires Gift Voucher. Birthday announcements we re made including a specia l birthday for Lyndsey Sellars
who cele brate s her 90th B irthday this
month. A tribute was given to Bea Ainsley who ha d sadly died. Members had
attende d the Memorial Services both at
Henley and at St James’ Church.
With general business out of the way,
Helen gave the P resident’s Re port for the
past year. We had enjoyed many exce llent speake rs throughout the year. Also
highlighted were the theatre trip to Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels and our visit to
Waddesdon Ma nor and of course the
Garden Party cele brating the founding of
the Women’s Institute 100 years ago and
our own 95th birthday with the celebratory cake made by Pat Wilmott. Thanks
were given to Christine Welland, Jill
Stewart, Dee Beeson and Pat Reffold
who ha d ope ned their gardens to raise
money for the kitche n refurbishme nt and
to Group efforts. The W I accounts had
been audited and Jean Barwick complimented on her book -keeping skills.
Committee numbers remained a t 11 with
two new membe rs replacing the re tirees.
Helen White was re -electe d President for
her third term.
Jenny Else gave us a brief talk on Dementia awareness which resulted in a
fuller insight of the problems faced by
sufferers. The mee ting concluded with
tea and a quiz and the raffle.
A letter of thanks had been re ceived
from Sue Gower in response to fund raising efforts for the Village Hall kitchen
refurbishme nt and dishwasher. Helen
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CHARITY CONCERT
In aid of the
ALEX BOLT FUND
The Brain Tumour Charity
Friday 4th December 8pm
Woolmer Hill School
Woolmer Hill Road
Haslemere
Surrey GU27 1QB
Tickets £20
Available from Jeannette Bolt
Tel: 07887 515347
[email protected]
GODALMING CHORAL SOCIETY
PRESENTS
Hummel : Mass in B flat
Charpentier : Te Deum
A Selection of Seasonal Carols
Saturday 12th December 2015, 7.30pm
Charterhouse Hall, Godalming, GU7 2DX
Conductor : Michael Veazey
Orchestra Eroica
Tickets : £15 (Students £8) are available f rom Record Corner, Pound Lane, Godalming;
G uildf ord Tourist Office, 155 High Street, G uildford tel: 01483 444333;
G odalming Choral Society Ticket Office tel : 07505 203468 or on-line.
For more details go to www.godalmingchoral.org.uk
Registered Charity No. 254800
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All types of Solid Fuel
Stocked By
Prism Window Cleaning
HILL’S QUALITY COALS
Est. Since 1990
Prompt, friendly, local service.
Fully insured.
PREPACKED FUELS, LOGS, TURF,
Prompt & Personal Attention
from a family concern.
Telephone Today
(01483) 282223
Tel: 0776 898 6338
www.prismw indow cleaningltd.com
www.hillsqualitycoals.co.uk
Geraldine O’Sullivan
Counsellor / Psychotherapist UKCP reg .
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PRIVATE CAR HIRE
20 years experien ce wo rking with clients’
issues in cluding relationship problems ·
alcohol / addiction · eating disord ers ·
depression · anxiet y · disabilit y / illness
Evening and weekend appointments in W itley
area – individuals and couples
Let Keith take you where
you want to go
Local and long distance
Heathrow and Gatwick
Airports
(including pick-ups)
01428 685086
CAT BOARDI NG
Patricia Coles
AT UPPER RIDGEWAY FARM,
THURSLEY
The very best of care in
beautiful surroundings
ELSTEAD 703005
DOG BOARDI NG
Patrick Coles
Very spacious pens; raised
underfloor heated beds for
ultimate dog comfort;
large exercise runs.
For brochures or to view:
Phone: (01428) 604508
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Private French Lessons
Bonjour, Je m’appelle Valérie,
I am a French naDve speaker, wi th tutoring experience,
who can offer pri va te lessons .
Whether you need tailored lessons to a chieve speci fic objecDves
(GCSE, AS/A level , moving to Fra nce) or you jus t want to pra cDce your
French over a cup of coffee, feel free to conta ct me.
Please call: 07838681984
Or email: [email protected]
A bientôt.
Steve Cruickshank
Tree Surgeon
Fully Insured
All Tree Work, Hedge Cutting, Fruit Tree Pruning,
Stump Grinding, Chipping Service, Mini Digger Hire,
Fencing & Landscaping, Seasoned Logs
Telephone: Elstead 01252 703543
Mobile: 07768 774398
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Clear All Pest Control
Fully qualified professional country services
Wasps, Hornets, Mice, Rats,Cluster Flies, Moles
Phone Dean on: 07768 986338 or
www.clearallpestcontrol.com
MJP Plumbing & Heating Ltd
Helpful friendly plumber.
Will do all the jobs that need doing from a tap washer to
refitting your bathroom.
Servicing or replacing boilers
Just ask, no job too small!
We work with all systems – heating and plumbing.
Gas Safe registered
Contact Mike on 07768 844276
or email [email protected]
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THE CLOCKHOUSE
Home of Milford & Villages Day Centre
Chapel Lane, Milford GU8 5EZ
Open: Monday – Friday 10am-3.30pm
Do you, a relative or friend want warm company,
friendship and a good inexpensive lunch on
a regular or occasional basis?
The Clockhouse provides just this. We also offer Chiropody, Hairdressing,
Pilates, Reflexology, Computer & Art classes and more, all in the same bright
and vibrant building. Transport can be arranged to collect and return you to
your home address if required. The price for a Hot Homemade two-course
lunch is a very affordable £5 with a varying weekly menu. Why not visit us come and see for yourself?
Please look at our website www.clockhouse.org.uk or contact us on 01483
420668.
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Greatlookingnails.....
everyday
Gel polish applied to your
natural nail, lasting for up to
three weeks
TEL:07825604293
[email protected]
DOMESTIC, INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL
UNDERTAKEN
FRIENDLY HONEST SERVICE
Rich, glossy colours
Quick application and removal
Book 'ive appointments and get
the sixth for half price
Located in Thursley
Call Louise on 07825 290428
[email protected]
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YOGA IN THURSLEY
Tim Lediard
Cleaning & Painting Services
Paths, patios, drives and walls
professionally cleaned & pointed
Carpet and upholstery cleaning
Gentle s tretching, breathing exercises
& meditaDon to improve fle xibility,
increase ene rgy & reduce stress.
Car Valeting on Site
Yoga can be enjoyed at any age & with all
levels of physical ability.
Interior & exterior painting
Small group classes or 1 to 1 available.
Tel: 01420 472285
M obile: 07900 895667
[email protected]
Please call Angela on 07961 127071
or [email protected] if
you have any quesDons or would
like to try yoga!
Ravensdale, Old Lane, Dockenfield
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THURSLEY VILLAGE HALL
The Village Hall is an ideal venue
for meeDngs, anDque fairs, quiz nights,
birthday parDes, wedding &
anniversary parDes, fundraising events,
public meeDng, keep fit
classes & brownie weekends, to name
but a few.
Income generated is used for the
maintenance of the Hall as a
Charitable Trust.
For further details about how to rent the
Hall and for costs please
Thursley Village Hall, Dye House Road, Thursley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 6QD
Tel: 01252 706929 Email: Thursleyvillagehall@bDnternet .com
www.thursleyvillagehall.co.uk
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