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Hello friends, readers and residents, and welcome to the latest edition of Lingfield and the local area Community News , run by, with, and for you.
We hope you all enjoyed our last special issue, celebrating 40 years of our publication. We certainly received some pretty good feedback, and we have special features in this edition and more planned for later this year.
We like to think we paid due respect to the issues and personalities of the past, and gave everyone a feeling of what it was like to live way back then. We should also say a special thank you to our production people, Paula and Simon, who made the front and back covers look so interesting.
You may have noticed we have a little more colour in our cheeks in this issue. This is down to the support of our faithful advertisers and readers, as we now have just enough revenue each quarter to include some (well, about eight) full colour pages. We’ll try and make good use of them, maybe even sliding in the odd picture or two, as it all adds to the (we think at least) slowly improving look and feel of the publication.
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Sadly, there have been more issues concerning dog and cat fouling, and the burning of waste on fires, filling the air with ‘noxious’ fumes. Surrey County Council is looking into these matters (we believe), but in the meantime let’s try and keep our beautiful village and surrounding area as clean as we can, for us and our children.
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There appears to be some movement on The Old Cage, which has sat unused (but not unloved) for several months now. There are moves to look into re-opening the outlet as a retail premises, CN understands, although the process is still at a very early stage.
Anything would be better than yet another empty space, and the village does need more outlets to open (and remain open) in order to generate trade. However, let’s hope what does appear is of real use to the community. We’re happy to welcome a new barbers to the village, but it’s just for the gents, sorry ladies.
Fancy yourself as a bit of a writer? Want to come and join the CN team and help put together this wonderful little publication? Anything about developments within the local area make you angry or happy? Please put pen to paper and tell us about it, as we’re always happy to receive contributions of any sort.
Enjoy the read!
The Community News Team
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That fateful year of 1976, when Community News began, has been cited in two studies* as Britain’s best year. We’ve compiled facts and figures for you to compare with today to see if you agree!
The hottest summer for more than 350 years saw temperatures topping 28C (82F) for a record-breaking 22 days. Although many made the most of the heatwave, it led to droughts, scorched earth and hundreds of thousands of people having to use standpipes for water as reservoirs ran low.
At the end of August Denis Howell was appointed Minister of Drought who, within days, became ‘minister of floods’ when the heavens opened.
The average child spent four hours outside for every hour watching the first episodes of The Muppet Show or Multi-Coloured Swap Shop on TV.
Just 24% wished their parents were home more and saw their grandparents, on average, 29 times a year. With 17 million fewer cars congesting the roads, backseat boredom didn’t last so long on family trips out. The Toy of the Year was
Peter Powell Kites, with skateboards, the Wombles and Raw Power (a handle you added to your bicycle and
‘revved’ to create the sound of an engine) all proving popular.
Concorde made its first commercial flight to Bahrain, or you could travel closer to home on the first InterCity 125 trains. A new Ford Fiesta or Mark IV
Cortina cost £1,950, or kids could hope for a new Raleigh Chopper.
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Petrol was 77p a gallon, a pint of beer 32p, and a loaf of bread 19p, with the average wage around £72 a week. Average house prices were approximately
£12,000, although far fewer of us owned our own homes, a blessing to many and a curse to others - when mortgage interest rates soared to 15% and inflation peaked at 23.7%.
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We won Eurovision! Brotherhood of Man did us proud with ‘Save all your kisses for me’. Classic albums included ‘Hotel California’ by Eagles and ‘Key of Life’ by
Stevie Wonder. Abba had three number ones, Queen released ‘Bohemian
Rhapsody’, the Sex Pistols shocked the nation during their tea-time TV interview with Bill Grundy, and The Wurzels had a hit with ‘Combine Harvester’. Well, perhaps we’ll leave it there.
Around half of us had telephones
(landlines only of course) and no one had a personal computer, although the
Apple Computer Company was formed.
Matsushita introduced the VHS home video cassette recorder to compete with Sony Betamax.
Second division underdogs
Southampton beat Manchester United
Trimphone Rowlands Martyn
© wagner_arts in the FA Cup; figure skater John Curry won gold at the Innsbruck Winter
Olympics; David Wilkie scooped gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Montreal
Summer Olympics; James Hunt became Formula One champion. We won’t mention the cricket.
With strikes, political unrest, raging inflation and the ‘Cod War’, 1976 wasn’t perfect, but there’s much to make us smile, especially if you were a child.
Sources: Dr Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski*; Rocky biscuits*; BBC
News; Toy Retailers Association; The People History.
Support from our advertisers has been helping us to publish Community News since 1976.
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These polluting bonfires have been a nuisance for several years now. It seems one of the residents on the site is allowing waste to be delivered, stored and then burnt on the land without any of the required permissions or licences. Surrey County Council is in the process of taking this case to court but nothing is likely to happen any time soon. Through all the delays, residents are suffering from the nasty pollutants coming from these fires. Fresh impetus from our newly appointed local Environment
Agency Officer may make a difference. He has asked if we, the local community, can send us any useful evidence, such as dates and times of the bonfires, registrations of any vehicles which may be delivering the waste, or any other pertinent information.
I have started a post on streetlife.com website and lots of useful stuff has already come in. You can search for the topic, Noxious waste burning at Garth Farm , to see the latest information. Anybody can drop any information into the
Lingfield Parish Office at the Community Centre, or send to me at liz.lockwood1976@gmail.com
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Liz Lockwood, Councillor, Lingfield Parish and Lingfield and Crowhurst District.
Firstly, I would like to thank Community News and its readers for supporting me when I first started Wildlife A&E almost six years ago. At that time, I was working at Lingfield Surgery and had enormous support from the patients donating newspapers, towels food, and of course money, for all the animals in my care.
Three years ago I changed jobs and I now work at Forest Lodge Veterinary
Practice three days a week. I thoroughly enjoy it and it gives me more time for
Wildlife A&E.
This time of year is our busiest, with all the babies being born, but I thought I would just let you all know I am still here. I now have a few people that help me, especially with collections and baby care, so I’m not on my own these days. My daughter Louise helps when she can but is now working full time.
We are always busy with deer calls, as we’re near Ashdown Forest, but, as we are the only local rescue organisation that will go out to deer, we seem to be getting calls from a much wider geographical area. Unfortunately, there are calls that we can’t help, especially road casualties. But, we reared 11 fawns last year who are now back on the forest.
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At time of writing I have three fox cubs in care — two taken from their den just after birth, and one that was found on a building site in Sidcup. All are doing very well. The baby birds will soon be arriving and the rules are as follows: if it has no feathers or very little feather coverage, then it needs help; if it’s feathered and hopping around the garden leave it alone as mum will be watching. We do a lot of fund raising through the summer, taking our stall to summer fetes, and we have a few dates free so if you would like us to come to your event please let us know.
You can see what we have been up to on our Facebook page, or website www.wildlifeemergency.co.uk
, where all our details can be found. Or call me on 07709 574 665 . Thank you again for all your support.
Kind regards,
Debbie
With Spring here, in name if not in nature, we’re all getting ready to spend more time outdoors, and looking forward to the onset of Summer. Just one snag … that old foul pest, namely dog ‘doings’, here, there and everywhere.
There isn’t one pavement, pathway or green space that is not affected. I’m a dog owner, and have been for years, and always pick up after my pet. In fact, most responsible owners do. However, there’s still the hardy, nasty, and irresponsible element who don’t care and don’t pooper-scoop.
Dormansland has literally become a Dog Do Dumping Ground. The appalling thing is, these are BIG dogs, if you catch my drift. Even worse, these owners let their dogs defecate by the gates to the children’s play area in the recreation ground, outside the school, and right underneath one of TWO dog bins that are within 30 yards of each other. Or, anywhere else that takes their fancy, such as people’s driveways, grass verges, outside the village pub, you name it.
Dogs mess is a huge health risk and in extreme cases the parasites within it can lead to blindness. Chatting to some of my fellow dog walkers the names of who we think are offending owners have been mentioned, and they are not unknown to the community in general. However, photographic evidence is needed. If you see someone allowing their dog to foul the path or park, then use your mobile and snap a photo. It only takes one or two offenders to be fined to get the message through.
Name supplied
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In our last edition Jacqui O’Sullivan brought us up to date with the 1st Lingfield &
Dormansland Scout Group – we would now like to remember those involved in the early years of its production and development.
During the 1970s and 80s, 1st Lingfield Oak pack was lead by Ann Mackie, assisted by Ron Whittaker, Pat and Bernard Sudden, plus other helpers. Ann originally came from London and was Akela with 4th Battersea.
She brought her son and daughter to Perry Wood Camp for a Cub and Scout combined camp and her life changed completely; she and her husband were so impressed by the area that they decided to relocate in order to give their family a village upbringing.
Ann ran the Oak Pack and has been in Scout Fellowship for over 50 years, obtaining her 50-year badge in 2014. Ron helped for over 30 years with the
Lingfield pack. Pat was originally a Mother helper, assisting with trips and then became a leader for over 20 years, together with her husband as an instructor.
During the years these stalwart leaders ran the clubs; many shields and badges were gained by the children for various stages of their Cub/Scouting journey.
Besides normal activities, they arranged numerous other events such as the famous Gang Shows at The Convent and the Lingfield Hospital School, including an impressive rendition of Oliver Twist. Some children from the Hospital School belonged to the Cubs at that time.
Camps were held in various venues including the Isle of Wight (Blacklands), where
Christmas Camps were looked forward to by all. Charles and Diana’s Wedding was celebrated at Perry Wood Camp in great style with imaginative Royal Crowns and costumes, for which they won a prize for the best decorations. Gillwell Park
Scout Activity Centre was yet another venue where both Scouters and Cubs received training.
Floats were built for the Lingfield Bonfire Night and St Georges Day Parades, which were a regular event during this era. There was an oak tree planted by the pack in our Lingfield Racecourse – does anyone know if it is still there?
Our heartfelt thanks go to all volunteers past and present who run events for the Local Community, long may it continue.
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Crowhurst is well known for its tightly knit community, which is still as apparent today as it was 40 years ago, when our Community News started. As long-term residents, Jo and Dick Osborne explained, “neighbours help each other here”.
A great achievement by the community was the commencement of recreational facilities for families, which culminated in the building of the Village Hall. During the early 1960s due to a lack of venue, the vicar, Rev. Doherty, was asked if one room could be used at the vicarage. Hence, a recreational club was formed with events held Friday evenings for both adults and children.
A playing field had been left to Crowhurst Village by landowner Sir Bernard
Greenwell, which had sadly become overgrown and neglected, but it was decided to use this for future Stoolball games, instigated by Doris Eames and Phyll Filtness, who had both played the game whilst living in Sussex.
Many volunteers helped to organise this and the club went from strength to strength with competitions started between other villages. Because of the lack of a hall the neighbours adjacent allowed their toilet facilities to be used and boiled the kettles for tea with others bringing their kitchen tables and providing food for both teams.
Jumble sales, garden parties and various events were held to raise funds for a much needed Village Hall. In 1966, the venue materialised and the hall has been and is still in use for many events today. Unfortunately, due to changes in age groups, Stoolball no longer thrives as it used to.
However, the hall is still well supported for social events such as Burns Night, harvest suppers, quiz nights, table tennis and keep fit, adults and children’s
Christmas parties, plus all royal occasions, which are celebrated in style.
The annual Hog Roast sees the Community Cup presented and Crowhurst’s King and Queen crowned, a post currently held by Jez and Katty Phillips who arrange events such as the village walk on May Bank Holiday, where children and adults of all ages, together with their dogs, gather to walk with refreshments after.
A memorial garden was created on the corner of Bowerland Lane in memory of
Leo Luksepp, who was the inspiration behind our village social life, as an ardent patriot he encouraged all to fly the flag on St George’s Day. This practice is continued to this day and a service is held in the garden on St. George’s Day plus a Christmas Carol Service in December.
May the community spirit of this little gem Crowhurst continue in the years to come.
Well done to all those carrying on the good work.
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Meetings of Dormansland Parish Council for the first half of 2016 will be
Wednesday 4 May, Wednesday 1 June, Wednesday 6 July in Dormansland
Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. If you have anything that you would like to bring to the attention of the council, you’re welcome to attend.
A refuse vehicle will be parked at these times and locations (Saturdays 17
September and 3 December, at 7.30am to 10.45am at Hollow Lane garages, and
12 noon to 2.15pm at Newhache car park) to help residents get rid of items of household rubbish that can’t be taken by the normal refuse collection.
The Queen's 90th birthday provides an opportunity for all of us to pay tribute to the service Her Majesty has given this country for more than six decades. Many national events are planned for the birthday weekend, culminating with a large street party in The Mall on Sunday 12 June.
If you remember the wonderful Party in the Park in Dormansland to celebrate the
Queen’s Golden Jubilee in June 2002, and the more recent celebrations of the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, the council is now preparing to join in the celebrations on 12 June. Dormansland will have its own street party, with tables positioned along West Street with entertainment and Union Jacks aplenty. Just bring your chairs and a picnic and join in the fun. The celebrations will start at 2pm and finish at 7pm. The following bands have been booked: 2pm to 3pm Revival;
3pm to 4pm Swingadillas; 4pm to 7pm Naked Bass. There will be entertainment for children, with more details nearer the time.
Our defibrillator is housed in a secure, weatherproof, heated cabinet in the BT kiosk outside Potter’s Stores, locked for security. If a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) occurs, start CPR straight away and call 999. You will then be given the access code to open the cabinet. Follow the instructions the defibrillator gives you. It will not function unless it determines there is a need, so you can’t harm anyone in the process of trying to save a life. Potter’s, The Village Salon and all the local pubs have the code number to open the cabinet, but the important thing is to call 999 and you will automatically be given the access code.
Contact:
Parish Clerk, Lynn Blake T: 01342 834 989 E: dormansclerk@btinternet.com
www.dormansland.org.uk
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Pond Farm Industrial site has been granted planning permission for nine houses.
As part of the application, the Reed family has donated a field to Tandridge District
Council for use as a junior football pitch.
The owner of The Old Cage has informed us that he will be submitting a retrospective planning application for work undertaken without permission, and hopes to reopen negotiations with a retailer for use of the premises.
The issues around the closing of the footpath at Lingfield station have yet to be resolved, despite various meetings at which both Network Rail and Surrey County
Council appear to be at loggerheads. By the time you read this, another meeting will have taken place to discuss the issues, and we hope a commonsense solution can be found.
UK Power Networks has contacted us to ask for help identifying vulnerable residents who may be at risk in the event of a power cut. We’ll give them the addresses of properties which are designed for older people, but if you know of other people in the community who should be on this register please let us know.
The recent relocation of the Post Office has meant that more people are using the shops in Godstone Road. Hence, it’s been suggested that a pedestrian refuge
(also known as a pedestrian island, and essentially a small section of pavement surrounded by asphalt where pedestrians can stop before finishing crossing a road) is needed. We will be asking SCC to carry out a review of the area to see if a refuge could be installed.
Can you spare two hours a month to help carry out Speedwatch sessions?
Training will be given and this is a surefire way of reducing speeding traffic through the village.
We have a few vacancies at the Pollards Allotments, Newchapel Road. Please contact us if you’re interested.
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We have now entered a new financial year, so if you belong to a local organisation which has a project needing funds please contact the clerk for an application form.
The Parish Council meets on the last Tuesday of the month (except August and
December) at 7:45pm at Lingfield and Dormansland Community Centre (LDCC). A list of meeting dates can be found on the website and on notice boards. Members of the public are welcome to attend all meetings unless otherwise stated. The parish office is open to the public between 10am and 12 noon Monday to Thursday.
Parish Clerk, Mrs Fay Elwood T: 01342 835 557 E: parishclerk@lingfieldpc.fsnet.co.uk
www.lingfieldparishcouncil.gov.uk
Lingfield Library is set to become a ‘Community Partnered Library’, hopefully with effect from late June this year, as outlined in the article about the Lingfield Guest
House and Library in the last issue of Community News .
A Steering Committee is in place and we’ll negotiate the new working arrangements with Surrey County Council. The library will be staffed by volunteers
(see back cover) but will have access to Surrey Library expertise and resources, including book stock.
If you’d like to find out more, please contact Karil Greenhalgh at the Lingfield and
Dormansland Volunteer Centre, The Jennings Hall, Old School Place, Lingfield,
RH7 6AB, or on 01342 836774, or email lingfieldvc@tvsc.org.uk.
SCC will provide full training for volunteers; no experience of library work is required.
Hopefully, we can build on the activities offered at present and utilise all the skills out there in the community so that the library can offer something for everyone.
We’d welcome ideas about ways in which we can achieve this.
We’re hoping to open Lingfield Library as a community partnered library on
Saturday, 25 June. Watch out for further details about the launch.
Selina Springbok, Chair, Steering Committee, Lingfield Community Partnered
Library
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Almost two thirds of London’s councillors support the expansion of Gatwick, rather than Heathrow, according to a YouGov poll published in early April, with the negative impact on the quality of life for west London residents singled out as the most important issue.
The online survey, encompassing 239 London councillors, and undertaken in mid
March, showed that some 62 per cent of respondents favour a second runway at
Gatwick, over 38 per cent at Heathrow.
Back in July 2015, the Airports Commission, after a three-year inquiry into airport capacity in the South East, backed Heathrow’s £18bn expansion plan, arguing it would provide a £147bn boost to the UK’s economy, and offer 70,000 new jobs, over 60 years.
“After decades of delay, Londoners recognise that Gatwick expansion can actually happen and that it’s time to finally close the book on Heathrow’s plans,” said
Stewart Wingate, Gatwick CEO. “The UK can’t afford years of more delay so let’s get on and build a new runway for Britain at the only airport that can deliver it.”
Gatwick’s recently published ‘Decade of Change’ report indicated that annual nitrogen dioxide levels at the airport fell from 32 to 31 micrograms per cubic metre in 2014, well below the legal limit of 40.
“Heathrow’s poor air quality already breaches legal limits,” said Wingate, speaking in October 2015, “and it is difficult to see how expansion could legally go ahead with the millions of extra car journeys an expanded Heathrow would generate.”
“In stark contrast, Gatwick is well within legal air quality limits and can guarantee we would remain so with a second runway,” he added at the time.
However, a spokesman for Heathrow, speaking at the end of 2015, claimed
Heathrow has now committed to improving rail links to encourage passengers and staff to use public transport, and the “Airports Commission confirmed a third runway at Heathrow can go ahead without breaching air quality legal limits, as long as we continue to implement our mitigation plans”.
Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate, who opposes expansion at Gatwick, recently spoke out about the airport’s continuing campaign for expansion, arguing that “[the
Commission] has demolished its arguments, which amount to a feeble public relations effort to undermine the credibility of the its work and recommendations”.
A UK government decision on airport expansion in the South East has been delayed until at least the end of the summer.
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Last December, in her capacity as the Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator,
Sandra Silvester obtained funding for a pedestrian gate and associated fencing for the closed end of Lingfield’s Headland Way.
And on Saturday, 13 February a celebration to mark the official opening of the new gate took place.
At the event, after mulled wine and nibbles, Sandra announced the gate was to be named Colin’s Gate, in memory of Colin Attwood, a longterm resident of Headland Way, who had died the day the gate was installed.
Colin used to walk his dogs, Daisy and Martha, through the end of the road to the Lingfield Nature
Reserves three times a day, come rain or shine. John Cole, the
Chairman of the Lingfield Parish
Council, cut the ribbon and spoke of his memories of Colin. The Reverend Jenny Attwood, Colin’s widow, is going to have a plaque made and fixed to the gate in memory of Colin.
The gate was needed to close the gap which had been allowing access for quad bikes, motor bikes and horses to come along the track from Vicarage Road and access Headland Way without restriction.
The track at the end of the road is used by parents taking children to the Lingfield
Primary School, dog-walkers accessing the nature reserves, and people wanting a shortcut to access the shops in Godstone Road.
The gate has made it much safer because dogs and children can no longer run straight on to the road from the track. In fact, there was a kissing gate there until a few years ago, when the gateposts rotted and it had to be removed.
The funding for the gate was acquired through the Surrey County Council's
Members’ Allocation Fund with the support of Michael Sydney, the county councillor for Tandridge.
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Severe cuts to police budgets nationwide have caused a review of the way in which policing is carried out, with two main results affecting Surrey residents:
• Matters referred to the police, which are not within its remit, will be deflected and then handled by the correct authority
• Priority will be given to criminal activity which has seen a significant increase, such as internet fraud, child sexual abuse and domestic violence, with less emphasis on relatively minor matters, such as shed break-ins
In a nutshell, we understand that this amounts to a major change in neighbourhood policing in Tandridge and we are unlikely to see bobbies on the beat. The Lingfield-based team has already been reduced from three PCs, and two PCSOs, to one of each, tasked with covering the whole of South Tandridge
(although back-up is available centrally when deemed necessary).
This obviously increases the need for the community to be aware of the type and level of crime locally, and take measures to deter such criminal activity.
In other words, neighbourhood watch schemes are more important than ever.
Where there is regular criminal damage, vandalism, and anti-social behaviour, neighbours should consider forming themselves into groups to share information, alert each other to suspicious activity, and generally look out for each other.
Neighbourhood Watches can only be created by concerned groups of residents in streets where they have the will to organise themselves. It is not up to
Neighbourhood Watch nationally, or at county or borough level, to create them, although they stand ready to advise and facilitate the process.
A Watch can be formed by just a few people and registered online with the national organisation. One of the residents needs to be willing to act as the coordination focus of the group, which should not be so large that it’s not easily manageable.
Police recognition is available to well-organised groups that include at least 50% of the residents in the area covered (such as a short street, or part of a long street).
The police will then provide street signs and window stickers to warn would-be thieves, vandals, cold callers and the like that the residents are on the lookout for suspicious activity and ready to act.
The question then arises as to how the groups can obtain information about local crime and how they can communicate with each other. Tandridge police regularly post information on Facebook (Tandridge Beat) and Twitter, but for those who do
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Comnet receives, and then forwards to its users by email, the police crime reports for Tandridge, its scam warnings, and appeals for witnesses. The advantages of
Comnet are that it includes news about non-crime related matters that are likely to be of interest to residents (road closures, parking restrictions, local events etc.) and that it delivers the information direct to users’ communication devices without the need to log onto social media. Moreover, users are free to use the network to warn each other about cold calling, suspicious vehicles, scams and so on.
Neighbourhood Watch in South Tandridge is part of Comnet and both are run by the Regional NHW Co-ordinator, Geoff Ledden. Comnet has more than 1,100 households on its email lists in Lingfield, Felcourt, Felbridge, Dormansland,
Dormans Park, Crowhurst, Smallfield, Horne, Burstow, Outwood and South
Godstone.
Organisers of local activities and events, such as scouts, football clubs, fetes and carnivals, are welcome to advertise these free-of-charge on Comnet.
If you would like full details of Comnet, or guidance on how to create an NHW scheme, Geoff can be contacted by email at nhwreg@gmail.com
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The 25th Lingfield Marathon Minibus Quiz was held on Friday 8 April 2016 in the
Victoria Sports & Social Club to raise funds towards running costs of the minibus.
The sum of £651 was raised to support the Minibus. Over the 25 years of this event a total of £11,089.35 has been raised to keep our Community Minibus on the road.
The winners were General Ponder’s Think Tank led by Sue Fox who took the trophy for the second year in a row. In second place came Quizteam Aguilera led by David Pearl, who had come in second place last year but this year only had four players against teams of six!
In third place came The Missing Link led by Rosemary Bridger who always seem to get in the first three places, so maybe they will take the trophy next year. In fourth place came Angela’s Ashes, who have been previous winners.
The evening was enjoyed by all and thanks go to the quizmaster Michael Hales as well as Kevin Staples for providing the PA and music round questions.
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For years I have ribbed the ‘old guard’ at the allotment who religiously wait for
Good Friday to plant their potatoes. Usually by then, mine have been in for a couple of weeks … but not this year.
It was only a few days ago, 13 April, that I managed to go to the plot and dig three
20-foot trenches for the chitted spuds. For the first time this year the sun felt warm on my back as I worked, and it was a great feeling.
I had been reminded of the ‘still unplanted but well and truly chitted’ potatoes during my French class earlier in the week. In our ‘Pidgin Français’ we spoke of what we did at the weekend and one of the students had planted his potatoes in bags of compost.
A lively debate ensued, with the quality of our French going downhill drastically - much to the distress of
Madame - about why is it worth growing potatoes when they are so cheap at the supermarket.
It is hard to explain (especially in French) the excitement in digging up a potato plant to discover how many tubers are attached to its long white roots, how precious each and every potato is, and how each is savoured on the plate like a fine truffle.
Indeed, the trepidation and impatience to discover what is going on ‘sous la terre’ has led to a specific word: you ‘firkle’ for potatoes by gently scooping away soil with your hands to see if they are ready to lift.
The procedure is done without breathing, as if you are uncovering the most rare dinosaur fossil… perhaps a
‘can-you-find-a-pomme-de-terrus’.
Potatoes aside, the plot is starting to fill up. Onion sets are planted, broad beans poking up and seed drills are being prepared for carrots, beetroot, lettuces, radishes and parsnips.
The greenhouse is once again full to the brim with plants and flowers for the garden along with vegetables destined for the allotment: tomatoes, cucumbers, chillies, courgettes and beans, to name
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This is made worse by my having discovered a new tomato that is apparently “100% Blight Resistant”, and such was my excitement that I now have over 30 tomato plants. Should Lingfield plan a tomato throwing festival like Spain’s
‘La Tomatina’ I will be well prepared!
Unlike my fellow French student I won’t be growing my potatoes in pots again.After depleting the peat bogs last year and planting up numerous pots, ‘Monsieur Renard’ came along and ate the seed potatoes from every pot.
Here’s hoping for a great summer ahead!
Adrian Colombini
Do you have a keen interest in gardening but are too afraid to join a Horticultural
Society? Then why not try Dormansland Horticultural Society, as we’re a small friendly group who have a love of gardening and are no real experts.
Our next Show is Saturday 2 July at 2.30pm
in the Parish Room, Dormansland, so if you would like to come and see our friendly group then please feel free to come along. Free entry and cream teas will be available.
Our Autumn Show is on Saturday 10 September , at 7.30pm
in the Parish Room, Dormansland. Admission £3 to include cheese and wine.
We look forward to seeing some new faces.
Membership is £5 adult, £8 joint, under 18's free.
For more details contact Tina 01342 833 655 or Cynthia on
01342 832 683.
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A big thank you to Kate and Alan Reynolds, who bought shrubs and bulbs for the Parish Council’s Planters, planted them, and removed or trimmed old ones. We can look forward to some spectacular displays to brighten up the coming months as we travel around
Lingfield.
We are also delighted to record that Sue Macdonald was proposed, seconded and unanimously voted for as our new Treasurer. Sue came forward to volunteer for this vital position on the committee and we are all sure that she will do a magnificent job. In addition, Bernard Wickenden will take on the position of
Horticultural Advisor.
At our January meeting Michael Sleigh gave an illustrated talk on ‘Garden and
Plant Photography’. Michael was the staff photographer with the Royal
Horticultural Society based at Wisley Garden for 18 years, and there was lots of advice on how to get the best shots, even from a compact digital camera.
If you know your Plymouth Rocks from your Rhode Island Reds then you may well have been one of those who attended our February meeting when Geoff
Peach gave a talk entitled, ‘A Not Too Serious Look at Chickens’! Also at the
February meeting, Kate started to take bookings for this year’s summer visit on 5
June to Hughenden Manor. This is a National Trust property and sometime home of twice UK Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Only a few seats remain on the coach and you don’t have to be a member to join the visit.
At the March meeting we were all enthralled by the talk given by Barry Newman on ‘A Year on the Allotment’. We may not grow our flowers and vegetables on the industrial scale that Barry achieves, but there were valuable tips on how to get the best out of your garden (no matter what the size!).
Our Spring Show in April was followed by an illustrated talk by Vanessa Jones entitled ‘The Herb Garden’.
Summer 2016 Programme
Saturday 7 May from 10am: Annual Plant Sale , Jennings Hall. Get there early!
Friday 13 May , 8pm: Talk by Mick Lynn, The Effect of Climate Change on the Garden
Sunday June 5 : Summer visit to Hughenden Manor
We currently have vacancies for a Chairperson and a Show Secretary and if you would like to find out more about these positions on the committee or about the Society or would like to join, please contact our Membership Secretary,
Alan Reynolds , on 01342 833 155
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With Monty Don and Sarah Raven encouraging us to set aside a patch for a cutting garden (so we can plunder the garden for homemade bouquets without leaving a gap in the border!), which flowers could we grow to fill our vases?
Sweet pea - The ultimate 'cut and come again' cut flower. With beautiful colours and scent, these are ideal to bring Summer indoors. Cut the flowers just as the lowest bloom is opening and put them in water immediately for a longer vase life.
Gladiolus - Finally throwing off their Dame Edna mantle, they last well, adding height and drama to your vase! Cut just as the lowest two or three florets begin to open, trying to leave as many leaves as possible to feed the bulb for next year.
Cosmos - Easy to grow and producing a huge amount of flowers with regular cutting. If space is tight, they’re perfect for growing in container pots too.
Sunflower - Kids love to get involved growing these fast-growing statuesque beauties. They grow long into the Autumn and make a stunning arrangement when cut, lasting up to ten days in a vase.
Ammi visnaga - Brilliant as filler foliage when in flower, and the green seed pods look just as striking in an arrangement later in the year. A versatile choice.
Summer 2016 Programme
6 May - Lonely Bouquets on NAFAS National Flower Arranging Day
Will you find a ‘Lonely Bouquet ’ made by our Members? We’ll leave them locally for you to ‘adopt’ and take home to brighten your day!
23 May - ‘Norwegian Design’ Workshop, Myra Lester
A fabulous practical workshop by RHS Chelsea award-winner Myra.
27 June - ‘Botanical Kingdom’ Demonstration, Laura Hawken
Take home one of Laura’s beautiful exhibits. Raffle tickets are just £1.
25 July - ‘Flower and Glory’ Demonstration, Gillian Sadler
Area demonstrator Gillian shares her passion for flowers and design.
For more top tips and floral inspiration, come along to one of our monthly meetings, usually held at Victoria SSC, High St, Lingfield - doors open 7pm. Visitors are always welcome, entry £5, or why not join us and enjoy a range of member benefits, practical workshops and events.
E: info@LingfieldFlowerClub.com T: Karil 01342 832 038 www.facebook.com/LingfieldFlowerClub
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Julie Russ from Natural England first visited Lingfield
Wildlife Area in September 2012, and she was very impressed with the hard work which had taken place, some of it funded by the
Countryside Stewardship Scheme. She wrote the following article after several visits:
“The stewardship scheme had funded management of the meadows under the Lowland
Haymeadow option and, although it was autumn and therefore not the best time of year to judge, the meadows were obviously species rich.
Tree planting, hedgerow restoration, coppicing of bankside trees and bracken control were also funded under the scheme. Most of the hedgerows are of high value to wildlife and include a good mix of native species, including blackthorn — where the present brown hairstreak butterfly lays its eggs.
Educational access was also most impressive with many groups visiting throughout the year and much thought and effort has gone into creating the tree trail, pond dipping platforms and butterfly garden.
Although only a relatively small area, Lingfield is full of good things and it therefore qualified for an Entry Level/Higher Level (ELS/HLS) Stewardship agreement which started on 1 October 2014, when the Countryside Stewardship Scheme ended. I have now visited the site in the summer and it did not disappoint me as the meadows were alive with the colour of wildflowers.
The HLS agreement helps to pay for the management of the meadows. I was particularly pleased to see Corkyfruited water-dropwort (pictured) which is only locally common in this area.
The HLS agreement also provides funds for the maintenance of the ponds which are considered to be of high value for wildlife, especially as
Great Crested Newts are present. As usual, the Management Committee have worked very hard and a new scrape has been created to benefit the newts. This should help them continue to flourish, especially if gold fish can be removed from one of the ponds, newts being a favourite fish food!
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Educational visits continue to be funded under HLS, although since 2010, payment is restricted to children of school age, up to age 16 years only, plus children and adults with learning disabilities. A school party was busy sweep netting in Beacon Field during one of my visits and a visit for a pond dipping group was discussed.
I was pleased to see that Lingfield’s schedule of visits is continuing and should like to express my thanks to all those who enable it to do so by giving of their time and talents.
Funding under the ELS/HLS agreement will continue until 2024 and I hope it will help
Lingfield to continue to flourish as it brings great benefits to wildlife and people alike.”
Julie Russ, Land Management Adviser, Natural England
SUNDAY MORNING WORK PARTIES: 24 April, 29 May, 26 June
POND-DIPPING: Sundays 8 May, 12 June, 10 July (tbc)
For more information, visit our website www.lingfieldreserves.org.uk or contact Anne Richards on 01342 870 200 , Sally Cole on 01342 833 814 or
Steph Dickson on 01342 833 482
At the Surrey Area AGM Amanda, together with Arthur, was presented with the
Recruitment and Retention cup for recruiting the most new members to our group between September 2014 and September 2015.
Amanda has been our Membership Secretary at East Surrey Walkers for two years and thoroughly enjoys the role. She said, “We are such a warm and friendly group and I feel this has played a big part in recruiting new members”.
Also Amanda was particularly chuffed as there are 18 Ramblers groups that take part in Surrey, and it was great to come first! The Surrey Area, which runs this competition each year, awards the cup at its Annual General Meeting, which this year was held on Saturday 6 February at Cheam.
Well done East Surrey Walkers, let’s see if we can retain the title for next year, so we don’t have to hand back the cup! Thank you to all those leaders who get email addresses from potential new members, as you have played a part in getting this prestigious prize.
With 50 walks a quarter, East Surrey Walkers has summer walks for all abilities .
For a full walks programme visit www.eastsurreywalkers.org.uk
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Take a moment and look at the letters and words which run round the edge of our coins. They stand for ‘Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensor’ or ‘by the grace of God, Defender of the Faith’.
This spring and summer, we celebrate the 90th Birthday of the Defender of the
Faith, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. As we do so, it is inspiring to reflect on her own faith and the part it has played, in her life and in her recordbreaking reign, as she has participated in such a great sweep of history.
To mark Her Majesty’s birthday, a special book has been produced, giving an insight into her beliefs. It is called The Servant Queen and the King she serves , and copies are available in Lingfield Parish Church and in St. John’s,
Dormansland. In the foreword to the book, the Queen writes:
I have been – and remain – very grateful to you for your prayers and to God for his steadfast love. I have indeed seen his faithfulness.
Keep an eye out for details of our special services and events to mark the Queen’s birthday!
God bless, Kathryn
The Revd Kathryn Percival, Vicar of Lingfield and Dormansland
Lingfield Parish Office: 01342 832021 and lingfieldppchurch@btinternet.com
The Revd Kathryn Percival: 01883 724501 and kathrynpercival@btinternet.com
The Revd Nigel Hinton (St. John’s, Dormansland): 01342 832391 and nigelk.hinton@gmail.com
Visit our website to catch up on local news and views.
Past issues also available to download.
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This equates to five whole days of appointments for one GP lost every month.
Please help us to reduce these wasted appointments.
• You can book or cancel appointments online esccg.lingfieldsurgery@nhs.net
• Order your medication at any time of the day
• Make sure we have an up-to-date mobile number and you will receive a reminder text 24 hours before your appointment.
• If you can’t keep the appointment text back the word ‘ cancel ’ and your appointment will be automatically cancelled by our clinical system.
In compliance with PMS/GMS guidelines, patients can now be granted access to their computerised medical records via the online service “Patient Access” which can be found on our surgery website. Patients need to request this facility in writing to the surgery and this will be reviewed by your GP. If access is agreed patients will be able to view test results, medical problems, investigations etc. Not visible : attachments, third party references and free text.
The surgery is delighted to welcome Kim, a Wellbeing Advisor. Appointments available every Wednesday from 9am to 5pm. Kim is a trained advisor with a
· wide breadth of experience in:
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Non-medical social issues
Loneliness
Bereavement
Debt
Weight Loss Management & much more
Appointments one hour each and are available now.
If you feel Kim can help you with non-medical issue please contact the surgery and we will gladly arrange an appointment.
Lingfield Surgery has responded to Tandridge District Council with our concerns and observations surrounding the proposed future housing development within the area. The letter from the surgery has been published on the council website along with all other comments from local residents. The surgery response is displayed in our patient waiting room, on our website and a copy has been provided to our Patient Participation Group. A representative from the surgery has attended Planning meetings at the Council Offices and will continue to do so.
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Hundreds of people have signed a pensioner’s petition against plans to cut a bus route to East Grinstead, reports the East
Grinstead Courier, after operator Metrobus announced plans to possibly withdraw several services, including the 281 from
Lingfield to East Grinstead via Dormansland. Since finding out about the proposed cuts, Gudrun
Cundey, who lives in Dormansland, has managed to drum up support for her petition. The 75-year-old believes proposals to withdraw the section of the route will have serious consequences for people who rely heavily on the service. Nick Hill, head of commercial development at Metrobus, told local news outlets that he wanted to reassure residents no decision has been made.
The band will have its spring concert on Saturday,
21st May at 7.30. The concert will be at St. Peter &
St. Pauls Church, Lingfield.
Tickets are £6, or £5 on the door. There will be a varied programme of popular music, so do come and support your local village Brass Band.
Pip the Squirrel, the cheeky animated red squirrel created by the
British Wildlife Centre, has found a new friend in conservationist and wellknown TV presenter Chris
Packham, after he was
Under Up to 9,400 new homes for Tandridge district is too many, said Marie
Killip, Tandridge District
Council’s Local Plan Manager, following the first wave of consultation on the Tandridge Local Plan, although she accepted more homes are required, reports the East Grinstead
Courier. Almost 3,000 comments have been received by the District
Council over the plan, which will shape development in the district over the next 20 years, with the initial consultation ending in February. There are also “concerns over the impact of development on infrastructure, specifically schools, roads and GPs’ surgeries, which are said to be already struggling,” said Fillip. A second round of consultations will take place later this year.
charmed by DVDs and books featuring Pip. “Fantastic! Young children can learn about our wonderful wildlife with Pip the Squirrel DVDs and books,” he said on viewing them.
“They are the perfect way for them to find out about nature and the animals who share our world. All beautifully filmed at Pip’s home at the British Wildlife
Centre in Surrey they are an ideal way to begin a lifelong interest!” David
Mills, creator of Pip the
Squirrel and owner of the
British Wildlife Centre, located in Lingfield, said:
“We are delighted that Chris is so supportive of Pip the
Squirrel. The idea behind her creation was always to engage with and inspire young children to love na-
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The centre is on the A22 at Newchapel, near Lingfield, Surrey, and can be found at www.britishwildlifecentre.co.uk
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The East Grinstead Foodbank now has an outreach at Lingfield Community
Centre, open from 1.30pm
to 2.30pm on the first and third Fridays of the month.
So, if you know anyone who needs our help please let them know we can help put food on the table. Lingfield opening dates for the next months are: Friday,
6th May and Friday, 20th
May; Friday, 3rd June, Friday 17th June; Friday, 1st
July, Friday, 15th July. You will need a voucher (with a full list of voucher holders here: www.eastgrinstead.foodbank.org.uk
).
If you would like to donate non-perishable food items there is a collection point in the lounge of the Community Centre. Please contact Tony Cox, Project
Manager ( 07983 209 940, info@eastgrinstead.food
bank.org.uk
) for more information.
St John’s Church in The
Glebe, Felbridge, has had a complete overhaul to bring the interior and technology into the modern era, costing some
£170,000, reports the East
Grinstead Courier. Most of the changes at the 150year-old church have been made inside, which was last worked on in the
1970s. Pews were replaced with chairs (to seat more people), and the heating and lighting systems were also upgraded.The walls have also been updated, and the projector has been replaced with a TV screen.
Alzheimer’s Society in
Bletchingley is encouraging residents to confront dementia this coming Dementia Awareness Week
(15-21 May), with charity staff and volunteers providing information about dementia and how to live well with the condition by holding open days. During this year’s event the charity is helping people to face up to dementia and share their worries about the condition which affects
3,254 people in Tandridge,
Reigate and Banstead.
The open days will be at
Bletchingley Day Centre on Tuesday, 17th May, between 10am and noon, and The Byre, Thursday,
19th May between 2 and
4pm.
Tributes have been paid to popular local radio DJ
Ian Turner, who died recently after entertaining local residents on community radio station Meridian FM since 2006, with his involvement with the station going back over
20 years, local news sources reported. Mr Turner, 41, died after a short illness, and had been suffering from health problems for many years. He was best known for presenting The Breakfast
Show at the volunteer-run station. His brother, Dave
Boynton, said: “We are very privileged to be able
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Employees from the Redhill base of Bristow Helicopters recently visited
Godstone’s Orpheus Centre, an independent specialist college for disabled young adults, for the official re-opening of Baseline, a teaching space at the centre, recently refurbished using a generous donation of £78,000 from
Bristow. The funding has allowed Orpheus to create a more flexible and fully accessible space for students with sensory impairments and learning difficulties. “The refurbishment has transformed what was a tired, untidy and slightly unloved area, into a vibrant hub for students both during the learning day and in their free time,” said
Lynn Reddick, Head of
Learning.
The Green Waste Club is a service offered to residents, enabling the collection of their garden waste once a fortnight from outside their house. Subscriptions start from £4.33
per month, plus a one-off
£10 bin delivery fee. Details are here: www.greenwasteclub.co.uk
.
Environmentally friendly pupils from the Hawthorns
School shot to the top of the award stakes by securing their third coveted
Eco-Schools Green Flag
Award, making it officially one of the most sustainable schools in the country.
“The pupils and staff of school are clearly committed to making sustainability an integral part of school life,” said the Green
Flag assessor. “The members of the Eco Team are enthusiastic and knowledgeable and they are being very well supported by staff and parents. The appointment of a full-time conservation teacher has further expanded the possibilities for pupils’ involvement in outdoor learning and environmental education. This was a strong application and the school thoroughly deserves to be awarded its third Green
Flag.” Managed in England by the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy,
Eco-Schools asks schools to set up a committee involving pupils from all years.
Are you an artist or sculptor? The organising team of the very successful
Lingfield Art Exhibition are looking for new members to help in the planning and presentation of the next exhibition in October 2016.
This is an opportunity for like-minded people to share their passion for art and/or sculpture and to help determine the way it is displayed to the local community. Whether you are good at advertising, finance, hanging pictures or simply want to help, please contact Bryan
Robinson at bryan.robinson01@gmail.com
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Dormansland Carnival is on Saturday 9 July, 2pm to 9:30pm.
It’s a one-day event providing floats, fun, food, entertainment, games, shopping and information for young and old, and all those in the middle. It’s held on the recreation ground and the proceeds, and handed back to local groups and organisations for the benefit of the community.
Starting with a traditional procession of floats from local groups and ending with dancing to music from local bands, it is preceded by the annual Scarecrow Festival.
Each year there is a carnival theme, and this year’s is ‘Heroes and Villains’ – that should get you thinking!
Please put Saturday 9 July in your diary! In addition to turning up on the day, you can also contribute by:
Having a stall at the carnival – it’s a great way to promote your new/small business, known locally, and contribute to the community.
Buying a space in the carnival programme – distributed to over 1,200 homes in Dormansland and available at many public places, shops, pubs and restaurants in the surrounding area.
Donating something to our Silent Auction or sponsor an event.
Helping on the day – for all or just a part of the day, for example putting up marquees, road marshalling, bin emptying, ‘manning’ a carnival stall for an hour.
Joining the committee – where you’ll spend an evening a month at one of the three village pubs – The Old House at Home, Plough, Royal Oak – it’s that hard!
Last year these local groups benefitted: Dormansland Primary School;
Dormansland Cricket Club; 1st Dormansland Brownies; League of Friends building maintenance; Messy Church; Mother and Toddler Group; 1st Lingfield &
Dormansland Scouts; St John’s Christmas Tree; Dormansland Tennis Club; Urban
Saints; Village Voice; Lingfield Lights; Lingfield and Dormansland Meals on
Wheels; Young Epilepsy and YWI.
This is only possible with the help of local individuals and businesses – and
YOU on the day. Thank you!
Tina Marshall-Cottam, on behalf of the Dormansland Carnival Committee
Contact us: www.dormanslandcarnival.org, Dormansland Carnival
Facebook page, E: info@dormanslandcarnival.org, T 07970 079 809
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At last the weather is perking up and there’s a bit of warmth in the sun.Talking of warmth
– this is something that volunteering can bring to both the volunteer and the receiver, and we have a number of local opportunities.
As you may be aware, the Lingfield Library is soon to become a Community Partnered
Library, which means it’ll be run by a team of volunteers with the support of Surrey
Libraries. The plan is to keep the library open for the same number of hours, with at least two volunteers on each three-hour shift.
Volunteers will need to be committed, but there will be slots to suit most. If you’re a parent with children at school (and can only commit to term times) that’s great. We need lots of younger people to be involved so that the library will develop and grow.
You may not wish to be a ‘librarian’, but if you’re a whizz at downloading books to a
Kindle and are happy to share this expertise, a training session could be scheduled.
Perhaps you like organising events – such as authors being invited to come along for question and answer sessions. So my message is, think outside the box! Training will be provided during the month of June, and volunteers will be asked to attend these sessions before starting.
Do you enjoy cooking or perhaps you would like to brush up your cooking skills? The
Meals on Wheels team are looking for more cooks. They cook meals on Mondays and
Thursdays, and the session is from 9am to 11.30am approximately. This is a wonderful way to work as part of a team and as there’s a rota, you may only need to spare one morning every five weeks.
Good news! After fundraising activities, we now have a new Automated External
Defibrillator outside the Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre. Someone who has a sudden cardiac arrest can be saved by the use of the Defibrillator – but action has to be quick. Of course, you should always dial 999. Free training will be provided for 12 local people interested in knowing how to use the AED. The date will be sometime in late May, so if you are keen to receive the training, contact me now and I will invite you to the training session as soon as the date is known.
The Volunteer Centre itself could do with some extra admin support – good computer skills are the only requirement for a few hours each week. It seems many people still do not realise there has been a Volunteer Centre in Lingfield, for nearly 20 years!
Please drop in to see us; our opening hours are short but if you want to know more about volunteering, we are happy to see you out of our normal hours. Please just ask.
The Volunteer Centre is in The Jennings Hall, High St,Lingfield RH7 6AB.
Official opening hours, Mondays and Wednesdays 10.30am to 3.30pm
Contact: Karil Greenhalgh, lingfieldvc@tvsc.org.uk, 01342 836 774, www.tvsc.org.uk
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We are pleased to announce that Surrey has become a Fairtrade County by resolution of the County Council and assessment by Fairtrade Foundation UK.
Just in time for Fairtrade Fortnight!
THE BIG BREAKFAST is the theme for 2016 – regarded by some as the most important meal of the day, it was highlighted during Fairtrade Fortnight 29
February-13 March. In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. said: ‘Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning you’ve depended on more than half the world’. Maybe this morning you enjoyed … coffee from Kenya; bananas from Colombia; cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire, tea from India, sugar from Malawi and juice from Brazilian oranges, all basics of many UK breakfasts. Hopefully, with the Fairtrade Mark!
Millions of farmers and workers in developing countries still don’t earn enough to know where their next meal is coming from. Farmers in UK also often do not receive a fair price for their produce. From the Shetland Islands to Penzance, more than 80,000 people pledged special breakfasts across the UK to shine a light on the challenges faced by farmers and workers who produce the food we eat.
The Fairtrade Foundation called upon us all to ‘wake up’ and help farmers feed their families by pledging to buy a Fairtrade product for breakfast, a banana, coffee or muesli, and add to an online counter at www.fairtrade.org.uk/breakfast. Many of us included UK milk for our breakfast too! At Tatsfield, 90 people, including the
Chairman of Tandridge District Council, Councillor Rose Thorn, enjoyed a Big
Fairtrade Breakfast (some in their pyjamas!).
Lingfield and Dormansland Primary Schools held assemblies, workshops and had breakfast too with sixth form students from Imberhorne Secondary School, East
Grinstead. Young Epilepsy Further Education College held a Fairtrade art competition with the breakfast theme.
Fairtrade Lingfield & Dormansland welcomed Colombian Fairtrade banana producer, Julio Mercado Cantillo, guest of the Fairtrade Foundation, who gave presentations at Leatherhead Youth Project and URC Church; Oxted Secondary
School, Guildford Salesian School, St Pius Church, Merrow and at a rich man/poor man lunch in East Grinstead.
Fifty years on from Martin Luther King’s famous speech, our lives are more closely entwined than ever.
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The Annual General Meeting took place at the Memorial Hall on Thursday, 10
March, with over forty members present. After a very successful year as Chairman,
Graham Taylor stood down, in accordance with the constitution, and Colin Gourlay was inducted into the post for 2016. The remainder of the committee were happy to continue and they were duly elected en bloc to serve for the oncoming year.
Brian Jeffries was voted in as Vice Chairman and, Graham Taylor agreed to stay on the committee as Immediate Past Chairman. Ian Eiloart agreed to remain as
Independent Examiner for the coming year.
After the meeting, Chris Lavender gave an amusing and very entertaining account
(with slides), of his time in Bermuda in the fifties. Afterwards everybody retired to the bar to take advantage of the free buffet.
Dormansland Probus is a happy bunch of retired men who meet at the Memorial
Hall in Dormansland once a month to listen to a speaker and to indulge in social chat. We always seem to have quality speakers talking on interesting topics. Our next speaker, for instance, is talking on the subject of the “slow train to Damascus”.
If you would like to know more about Probus please get in touch with me, Colin
Gourlay, Chairman, 01342 870 689, colin_gourlay@hotmail.com
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The World T20 was so exciting that hopefully it will have whetted people’s appetite for cricket again. As the days get longer, warmer, and hopefully drier it is time to get the bat oiled and retrieve the kit from the bag … for those that chose to ignore the chance of winter nets and pre-season coaching at least.
Lingfield will begin the 2016 season at the end of April with high hopes. The juniors will be hard pushed to exceed their trophy haul of 2015, but it is not beyond them given the quality of local players in some of the age groups.
The 1st and 2nd XIs are determined to try to get promotion in the Surrey leagues and the other three league teams will do well to beat their achievements last year in the Sussex league.
Andrew Daw will captain the 1st XI for the second season having missed promotion by one point last year. Ben Batty has stood down as 2nd XI Captain having done a splendid job for the last two years. He is succeeded by Nick Dodd.
It’s nice to see that these players are still enthusiastic, having started their cricket at the club as children. The other league captains are unchanged.
There will be plenty of opportunities for young players to develop their cricket both in their age groups and in many cases in open age cricket as well.
The junior sides have had a high quality Winter Development Programme and several junior players have been training with district or county squads. This year we are adding an U19 competition, in addition to the numerous competitions we participate in from Under 8 upwards.
Work has continued on the pavilion at Godstone Road and new furniture should be in place any day soon. Spectators will find it an attractive, and hopefully welcome, surprise.
We are always pleased to welcome new players of any ability and experience.
In addition to the league games there are plenty of friendly games at weekends and midweek.
Further details, see the website www.lingfield.play-cricket.com
or contact
Robert Mitchell 01342 832 737.
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Our Flix in the Stix audiences continue to enjoy a varied selection of films with
February’s film, Woman in Gold , scooping a record attendance for this year. For the final two films in this season we have The Lady in the Van with Dame
Maggie Smith (8 May) and the multi award-winning Bridge of Spies (12 June).
Look out for news of our exciting new 2016/17 season starting in September.
Brooks Williams made another successful trip to Lingfield in March and entertained the audience with his easy style of Americana Blues. Our pop up theatre featured Hiraeth , a funny and entertaining play which was followed by welsh cakes, live music and a ‘twmpath’, a Welsh ceilidh which was enjoyed by the more energetic members of the audience! We are always looking for new ideas and, in a first for the Community Centre, we held a Gala Opera Evening on Sunday 23 April. Performers from Opera Holloway brought us an evening of arias and other classics from Carmen, La Boheme and Gershwin .
We have been making some improvements to our building, including upgrading the lighting to environmentally friendly, low energy fittings. This has been achieved partly by the help of a grant from Lingfield Parish Council and will improve the quality of lighting and reduce our energy use and costs.
Some eagle-eyed residents may have already noticed the Public Access
Defibrillator which has been installed on the outside wall of the centre. Through the hard work of Karil Greenhalgh in the Lingfield & Dormansland Volunteer
Centre, grant funding was acquired from Gatwick Airport Community Trust and
Surrey County Council for the purchase and upkeep of this equipment.
Information and training will be given to local volunteers, and anyone interested should contact Karil on 01342 836 774.
• Surrey Independent Living Council Drop-in Session, Tuesday, 3 May in the
Orpen Lounge
• Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre AGM, Wednesday, 25 May, 8pm in The Jennings Hall. All welcome (voting for members only)
• RH7 History Exhibition – “Time Goes By - RH7 Past, Present and Future”,
Sunday, 29 May to Saturday, 4 June 2016
Don’t forget, we have a range of rooms for hire for groups, classes, meetings and parties. For further information call Claire or Karil on 01342 833 893 , enquiries@lingfieldcentre.org
, www.lingfieldcentre.org
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Step by Step provides a highly professional foot care service, which is fully mobile, attending to all your foot care needs within the comfort of your own home.
For an appointment or more information telephone:
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Contemporary Lighting, Fuse Board Upgrades, Power & TV Sockets
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This spring, garden gates across East Surrey and Sussex will be swinging open to welcome the local community into stunning, private gardens as part of St
Catherine’s Hospice Open Gardens, a unique chance for visitors to enjoy local gardens not usually open to the public.
This year’s Open Gardens launches at Caxton House in Reigate on 27 March, with green fingered hospice supporters continuing to open their gardens, including gardens in Lingfield, throughout the summer season, until September.
St Catherine’s is also delighted to have support from BBC ‘Dig It’ radio show presenter Jean Griffin, who will be attending Slinfold’s open gardens on Sunday
5 June, where four gardens will be opening their doors in one day.
“I’m so pleased to be involved with Open Gardens for St Catherine’s, who provide such a vital service caring for the local community,” said Jean. I’ll enjoy having the opportunity to share knowledge with enthusiastic gardeners, and seeing some of the beautiful gardens.”
The Lingfield Open Garden is being held at The Garth, Newchapel Road, Lingfield,
Surrey, RH7 6BJ on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 May (between 2pm and 5:30pm).
The garden will be opening under the National Gardens Scheme, founded in 1927 to raise money for nurses by opening gardens of interest and quality to the public.
Every year under the NGS, about 3,800 privately-owned gardens across England and Wales are opened and welcome about 750,000 visitors, with the money raised supporting various nursing and care charities: Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie
Curie Cancer Care, Hospice UK, Carers Trust, the Queen’s Nursing Institute and
Perennial. In 2015 more than £3 million was raised.
The garden at the Garth covers nine acres and was designed by a distinguished historic buildings and landscape architect, Walter Godfrey, in 1919. The garden presents an idyllic setting surrounding the former parish workhouse which Godfrey also refurbished.
The origins of the Garth go back to 1729, when the Lingfield parish drew up a contract with a local carpenter, Thomas Stanford, to build a new workhouse at a cost of £290. It was later sold and divided into six cottages. It was purchased in
1918 by Stanley Hazell, who employed Walter Godfrey to convert it into a single house and design the garden.
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Hazell was co-author of the ‘History of Lingfield’ published in 1933 which covered the local area and documented its past. Godfrey, who had particular associations with the Society for Preservation of Ancient Buildings, carefully restored a number of notable historic buildings, including Herstmonceux Castle and Anne of Cleves
House in Sussex.
Godfrey designed the “Pleasure Grounds”, as the garden was described, including various features such as a terrace, gazebo and ornate iron entrance gates.
The garden was altered and simplified in the latter part 20th Century. However, a plan of 1922 shows that it retains many key features of his design.
The garden is subdivided into many ‘rooms’, and with paths linking the individual areas. David and Lana, the owners, will be opening the gardens from during the mid afternoon on both days, admission £5 with children free. They would again be delighted to welcome local residents.
The Open Gardens initiative has raised over £100,000 in recent years and last year alone raised a phenomenal £20,000, helping us to provide free, specialised end of life care and support to patients and their loved ones.
To find out more and see a list of participating private gardens please visit, www.stch.org.uk/howYouCanHelp/OpenGardens , or call the Community Fundraising Team on 01293 447 319 or email comfun@stch.org.uk
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Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance is appealing for local groups, clubs, societies and other organisations to book a talk about the life-saving work of the charity as it takes delivery of a new helicopter.
The air ambulance has launched a new presentation including information about how the helicopters are tasked, the aircraft, types of missions, the crew, blood transfusions and night flying.
If you would like to book a talk, please call Fundraising Support Assistant Lucy
Waterson on 01622 833 833 .
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Our next meeting is Tuesday 10 May and we are looking forward to welcoming award-winning local photographer Gillian Lloyd for the evening.
Plans for future meetings meeting this year include swing dancing, an introduction to British Sign Language and gin tasting!
Also, we regularly organize social events with a picnic/movie night at Ashdown
Park hotel and a trip to West End musical Motown currently being organized.
We meet at The Parish Rooms in The Platt, Dormansland at 8pm, on the second
Tuesday of the month. We are a very friendly group and we always welcome new members – ladies of course ;) The first meeting is free if you haven’t been a member before, with membership based pro-rated to joining date.
If you would like any further information or would like to come along to a meeting, please contact Ruth Norman , our membership co-ordinator, on:
01342 833 279 or 07860 100 654 .
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Last month we planted a tree near the pond in Lingfield to mark the WI
Centenary in 2015. In February members supported the Parish
Council’s litter picking session.
At our meeting on 18 May we will discuss the improvement of care for dementia patients in hospital and the avoidance of food waste in supermarkets.
Each is the subject of a Resolution to be voted upon at the Annual
Meeting in June: over 98,000 members have taken part in the process so far and, if passed, the National WI will be able to campaign on both issues on our behalf.
• 18 May ‘Have Your Say’ - Resolutions Meeting
• 15 June Tricia Whyte speaks about The Orpheus Centre
• 20 July Andrew Browne speaks about Cultured Pearls and Diamonds
We meet at The Jennings Hall (behind The Community Centre) in Lingfield at
8pm on the third Wednesday of the month and we are always pleased to welcome visitors (of either gender) and new members.
Please ring Ann Stacey on 01342 832 988 or Katie Kerr on 01342 835 473 if you would like to learn more about LEWI.
Support from our advertisers has been helping us to publish Community News since 1976.
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We provide friendly, professional advice to a range of clients both in the UK and abroad. To arrange a no charge initial meeting please feel free to contact us by phone or email or, if you prefer, visit our office.
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There will be a varied programme of popular music, so do come and support your local village Brass Band.
Venue: St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Lingfield
Tickets £6 and £5 on the door
Venue: Jennings Hall, Lingfield.
There is an optional led walk at 3pm and tea will be served at 4pm £6
Please support the raffle.
Profits to Action Aid and Global Justice Now
Contact Philippa on 01342 833 045 to book and to request a lift
Talk by John Ford on a record of 18th Century life in a small Sussex village
Venue: Lingfield and Dormansland Community Centre
Doors open 7.30pm talk starts at 8pm. Visitors welcome £2.50
featuring RH7 Past, Present and Future
Venue: Lingfield and Dormansland Community Centre
Daily 10am-5pm, Sundays 12-4pm, late night Thursday to 8pm
For more information contact Felicity Pool, Secretary
T: 01342 832 519 E: felicitypool01@gmail.com www.rh7.org
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We look forward to seeing you at two events this summer, raising money for the care of the church building and its contents.
Visit five beautiful gardens followed by sumptuous afternoon tea at the church.
Tickets £10 to include tea
featuring students from the Purcell School of Music, including Lingfield’s
Heather Brookes, harp. Tickets £10.00.
For more information and tickets contact Pat Dobson on 01342 834 317 or Felicity Pool on 01342 832 519 , or email felicitypool01@gmail.com
Please check the church website: www.lingfieldparishchurch.org
Guest Speaker: Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Revd Justin Welby
Attendance is free but you must book your seat in advance!
The service will be followed by a Garden Party.
Guest Speaker: The Very Revd Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark
Charity Auction and Raffle, Tickets £60, advance booking essential
Live jazz, Morris dancing, conducted tours of the historic buildings, homemade afternoon teas, stalls and barbecue. Free admission.
For more information and to enquire about tickets for the Festival dinner www.st-barnabas.org.uk
or contact us on 01342 870 260
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Bleau Shanay Hudson is the Volunteer Coordinator at Standen House & Garden, just outside of East Grinstead. Here she tells CN why Standen is such an exciting place to visit and a great place to volunteer.
The property is nestled in the Sussex countryside near East Grinstead, and is a haven for art and garden enthusiasts, as well as families, or just those seeking a place to unwind.
Built at the end of the 19th Century as the retirement home for the Beale family,
Standen is known for its arts and crafts collection and William Morris designs.
So many visitors, staff and volunteers say it has a homely feel. As a member of staff at Standen I can strongly recommend volunteering if you’re interested in heritage, historic collections, getting stuck in with gardening or working with the public. We have a variety of volunteer roles which might suit you.
We are currently looking to recruit more volunteers to help us in a number of areas, so if you are interested email volunteer4standen@nationaltrust.org.uk
or T 01342 323 029.
Full details of Standen’s events can be found at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/Standen .
Bloomin'Arts Theatre Company is delighted to announce their celebration of the works of Shakespeare through the beautiful gardens of the Garth, Lingfield.
In one hour, 10 plays, 32 characters, 62 deaths and a little audience participation
Mr William Shakespeare will lead an Elizabethan promenade around the magnificent Garth grounds . Along the way we will meet characters from his works,
Hamlet, King Lear, the witches from Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and a flutter of
Fairies.
Sunday 31 July 2016
Entrance 2pm and till 5pm, homemade tea and cakes
Programme starts 3pm
Tickets will be sold at the gates @ £10 per adult (concessions £5) www.bloomin-arts.com
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We are a small group of amateur china restorers and are now seeking new members to join us.
You need to have had no previous experience; but just a real interest in restoring china ornaments, cups, plates, jugs, etc. to their former glory. It really is a fascinating hobby.
We meet at the Community Centre on Thursday mornings during term time and accept commissions.
For further info or to attend call Angela Kirk – 01342 835 266
This year’s event will take place on Saturday 8 October at Lingfield &
Dormansland Community Centre from 12pm - 4pm.
The event will focus on Lingfield and the surrounding area and is completely free.
This will be our fifth Heritage Showcase in the county, which is a unique event that brings together not only the experts and amazing resources held at Surrey History Centre, but also local organisations and societies to showcase the heritage of the area.
Keep an eye on the forthcoming edition of Community News for confirmed stands, children's activities and more!
For further info contact Lauren Stevens, T: 01483 518 745 lauren.stevens@surreycc.gov.uk www.surreycc.gov.uk/heritageevents
Entertainment, Meeting people, Outings,
Meals out, Quizzes, Tea, Coffee & Biscuits, Raffles, Bingo
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I t is common knowledge that dying without a Will usually causes problems for those who are left to sort things out at an already very upsetting time.
The same is true of funeral plans.
Those closest to you would need to make lots of decisions when arranging your funeral, decisions that often cause conflict within families. But by pre-arranging it now there would be no question of what your funeral wishes were and you can ease some of the stress for those you have left behind.
The cost of dying can come as a shock to people but by pre-paying now you can eliminate that financial worry when the time comes.
A report undertaken by the International
Longevity Centre UK and published in April, shows funeral costs increased by 80% between 2004 and 2014 and the cost of a basic funeral is projected to rise to
£5,226 by 2020. It reports that 14.5 million families would not be able to pay for a funeral at short notice unless the deceased had taken out some form of funeral provision.
By paying for your funeral now, the funeral director’s fees are fixed at today’s prices, no matter how much they increase in the future.
Whereas some have age restrictions, anyone over 18 can take out a plan with our funeral plan provider; there is no upper age limit; no medical questions to answer and you can choose your preferred funeral director. They offer the flexibility of being able to pay upfront or in instalments and when comparing to other providers they are the most competitively priced.
Endorsed by the National Federation of
Funeral Directors (NFFD) and they are the only funeral plan provider which conforms to the NFFD Fair Price Charter.
Please contact Good Wills on 01342 314082 or 01293 978979 for more information.
We strongly advise you ensure anyone offering these types of services are regulated and always ask to see proof of membership
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If you are elderly or infirm and cannot afford other forms of help when needing a lift to a medical appointment, shopping or essential gardening jobs done.
Ring CARE on 01342 410 086 between 9am and 2pm
Caroline Williams or Penny Burns 01883 714 641
Jean Morrell 01342 833 079
Pat Smith or Sara Watson on MOW mobile 07504 481 289
If you are a child or adult caring for someone at home or elsewhere who is ill, frail or disabled and the care you provide is unpaid,
There are a number of services available to carers across Surrey:
Surrey Council Adult Social Care Team 0300 200 1005
Local Independent Carers Support Contact Centre 03456 009 009 www.surrey.gov.uk
or www.carersnet.org.uk
With offices and centres all over the county, including Reigate, and coming soon to Oxted, we’re always ready to hear you concerns and issues.
To make an appointment, please call 0330 002 0099 , or email reception@surreylawcentre.org.
Visit our website, www.surreylawcentre.org
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Our service, run entirely by a local group of volunteers, is offered to housebound residents of Lingfield, Dormansland and Crowhurst who are unable to cook for themselves. We provide freshly cooked, nutritious lunches prepared by our cooks and brought to you by our deliverers.
These are provided every week, Monday-Thursday.
Our older folk are often very independent and don’t like to ask for help, so often our “customers” come from family, neighbours or doctor referrals.
If you think someone you know would really benefit from this service contact
Pat Smith or Sara Watson on: 07504 481 289
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At 11 East Grinstead Road, Lingfield (next to Costa Coffee)
Clothing, books, bric-a-brac, soft furnishings
Open 9:30am – 4:30pm Monday - Saturday
A truly local charity supporting Cavendish House, home for adults with learning difficulties, located in Saxby’s Lane
Founded in 1983, East Grinstead Art Society meets twice per month for demos, talks and workshops.
We meet in St Swithun’s Church Hall in East Grinstead, RH19 3AZ and are always pleased to see new people.
For further info or to attend call Wendy – 01342 311 093
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21 Godstone Road, Lingfield, RH7 6BW
Tel: 01342 833844
Mobile: 07714 721969 info@AcupunctureHealthcare.co.uk www.AcupunctureHealthcare.co.uk
Would you like to know how acupuncture could improve your health?
Free 20 minute consultations available
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All kinds of people with all kinds of problems come to see us for a wide range of tailor-made therapies:
Osteopathy
Sports and Remedial Massage
Acupuncture
Nutritional Therapy
01342 833 844
21 Godstone Road, Lingfield, RH7 6BW
BSc. (Hons.) MChS.
Routine Chiropody
Nail Surgery
Biomechanical
Assessment
Verruca Treatment
Diabetic & Rheumatology
Assessments
by appointment at
1 Ray Lane, Blindley Heath, Lingfield
Surrey RH7 6LH
T: 01342 834454 www.centre4feet.co.uk
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Contact Helen for a free 15 minute consultation to find out how
Nutrition can support your health -
01883 713 243 or email helen@venusnutrition.co.uk
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Lingfield Osteopathic Centre,
21 Godstone Road, Lingfield RH7 6BW. follow me at: www.facebook.com/venusnutrition.co.uk http://www.venusnutrition.co.uk
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For jobs that are too small for most builders
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Flat pack furniture assembly
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Minor plumbing & electrical jobs
Tiling/sealing baths or showers
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Hang or trim doors & change locks
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Garden shed repairs & assembly
Blinds, curtains and pictures hung
Office: 01342 871537
Mobile: 07985903615 john@eastgrinsteadhandyman.com
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Booking is essential.
For more information, or to book a place please call 01732 375417 or email events@waterplc.com
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General cleaning. Laundry and ironing. Changing the bed. Assistance with correspondence. Preparing light meals. Gardening. Walking to dog (pet insurance required). Assistance with shopping. Home from hospital - short term service.
All home helps and gardeners are security checked
Age UK Surrey offers many free services. Information and advice, computer training, home visiting, counselling, well being activities and benefit checks. Visit www.ageuksurrey.org.uk. Home help always wanted.
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We offer some of the most highly targeted advertising in the region!
For each edition, 4,200 copies are hand delivered by our volunteers to all dwellings in Lingfield, Crowhurst, Dormansland, Dormans Park, Felcourt and parts of Newchapel, Haxted, Horne, and Baldwins Hill.
We publish four editions per year, Spring , Summer , Autumn and Winter .
Autumn edition (Aug Sep Oct): Friday 8 Jul 2016
Winter edition (Nov Dec Jan): Friday 7 Oct 2016
Late entries delay publication and may not be used.
Quarter page portrait: £30 90mm x 60mm
Quarter page landscape: £30 125mm x 42.5mm
Half page landscape: £50 125mm x 90mm
Full page portrait: £100 125mm x 185mm
Inside covers: £200 125mm x 185mm
Outside Back cover: £300 148mm x 210mm + 5mm bleed
Please submit your advert via email to: mail@communitynewslingfield.co.uk
Using your own artwork? Please use .pdf, .eps, .jpg or .tiff file type.
Need artwork help?
Provide text and any images/logos and we can create a simple advert for you with the layout in our house style.
Occasional editions are printed with colour, however black and white is our standard print, so we’ll change any colour adverts to grey for printing.
Advert costs are per edition.
To place an advert, discuss prices, or simply ask a few questions, contact:
Edward Pearcey t: 07828 99 33 76 e: edwardpearcey@gmail.com
Graham Marks t: 01342 832 529
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Emergency – fire, police, ambulance
Police (Surrey), non emergency
Health
• Lingfield Surgery (8:30am to 6:30pm)
• NHS (out of hours service)
• Queen Victoria Hospital
• East Surrey Hospital
• Boots Chemist, Lingfield
Utilities (Emergency numbers)
• Gas
• Waste Water (Southern)
• Water (Sutton & East Surrey)
• Electricity (UK Power Networks)
• Telephone – faults
Transport – rail, air, bus, coach
• Gatwick Airport
999 or 112
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01342 836 327
111
01342 414 000
01737 768 511
01342 833 831
0800 111 999
0330 303 0368
01737 772 000
0800 316 3105
0800 800 154
• Heathrow Airport
• Lingfield Marathon Minibus
• Lingfield Minibus
• National Express Coaches
• National Rail Enquiries
Councils
• Tandridge District Council
• Lingfield Parish Council
• Dormansland Parish Clerk: Lynn Blake
• Surrey County Council
0844 892 0322
0844 335 1801
01342 870 261
01342 835 099
08717 818 181
08457 484 950
01883 722 000
01342 835 557
01342 834 989
03456 009 009
• Surrey County Council Highways Emergency 0300 200 1003
Schools
01342 832 626
01342 832 359
01883 712 425
01342 832 407
• Lingfield Primary School
• Dormansland Primary School
• Oxted School
• Notre Dame, Lingfield
Others
• Citizens Advice Bureau
• The Samaritans
• Childline
• Lingfield Library
• Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre 01342 833 893
• Lingfield & Dormansland Volunteer Centre
• Young Epilepsy (NCYPE)
• St Piers Sure Start Children’s Centre
01883 715 525
08457 909 090 - 24 hours
01737 248 444 - Reigate
0800 1111
0300 200 1001
01342 836 774
01342 832 243
01342 831 306
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