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I have a suspicion that there are quite a few TOGS out there. For those not in the know, this stands for Terry’s Old Geezers and Gals, stal-warts of Sir Terry Wogan’s Radio 2 breakfast show which ran for many years unti l he hung up his weekday microphone in 2009. I must admit to having been a regular listener on my commute to Richmond before starti ng the mag-azine, fi nding his genial manner and amusing banter a perfect tonic to the A3 and the south London school run. The trip home was with Johnnie Walker, which was equally enjoyable, both of them masters of radio broadcasti ng.

I menti on this as my colleaugue Marcus and I had the opportunity to see the Togmeister at GLive in Guildford recently, which was a real

pleasure. Surprisingly he seemed a litt le ill at ease to start with, this being his fi rst live ‘An Evening With’ but he soon relaxed and enter-tained us with amusing anecdotes about Euro-vision (of course), the BBC and life in general. He is wonderfully self-deprecati ng and seems sti ll to be quite surprised that he has ended up as a nati onal treasure, having never really had, as he says, ‘a proper job’ since he left the bank in Ireland in his 20s.

These ‘celebrity’ evenings are always good fun. In the past few years I have seen locally Sir Rog-er Moore, Henry Blofeld, Dawn French, Sandi Toksvig and the great Barry Cryer. All were good fun, and well worth spening an evening with.

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CONTENTS

6 Jottings Your local community noticeboard

8 Fashion Teenie weenie polka dot bikini?

12 Booking your Holiday Internet or high street agent? Phil Kemp investigates.

20 Dennis Brothers Andy Goundry on the post WWII years

26 A Good Book Our latest reviews

31 Staycation 2015 The full programme of events

46 Gastro Local food and drink news

52 Garden After Chelsea

54 Sounding Off Andrew Crisell, aka GOG, returns

58 Food Sensational strawberries

62 Walk Chiddingfold to Ram’s Nest

64 Eat Cau in Guildford

67 Profi le Godalming, Cranleigh & District NCT

68 Business Cards Small ads for trades and services

71 Win Enter our competitions

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Jottings is your free community noticeboard for local events and information, edited byNick and Angie Crisell. Please note that we cannot guarantee that all entries will be published.

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This month, four voluntary groups that we happily promote through these pages have been recognised for their wonderful work in the community. The West Horsley Wheel of Care, the Brigitt e Trust based in Dorking, Guildford Street Angels and Tilford’s Rural Life Centre have all been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for voluntary groups. This got me thinking about the number of organisati ons we have in our community that exist purely because people are prepared to give up their ti me to help less fortunate people. Most of these organisati ons don’t of course get offi cial recogniti on but their importance is no less diminished because of that. There’s a temptati on to think that in this day and age people don’t care about each other as they used to. When I read about the multi tude of organisati ons that do so much good work, I realise that this is clearly not the case. I don’t know about you but I fi nd this enormously comforti ng. Looking ahead for the month, there are sti ll plenty of summer acti viti es, so get out as much as you can and enjoy yourselves!

Local arti st Nancy Wilks has an exhibiti on of painti ngs enti tled ‘Godalming: the Four Seasons’ which opened in June and runs to Saturday 11th July. This is Nancy’s second exhibiti on at Godalming Museum, following her extremely popular début in 2013. Her long-standing aff ecti on for our town is refl ected in this new collecti on of vibrant pastel and acrylic painti ngs. Painti ngs and prints will be on sale, together with a range of cards. Nancy also takes commissions to paint favourite places. She will be at the exhibiti on as a ‘living arti st’ to demonstrate her techniques at the following ti mes: Wednesday 1st July from 3.30 – 5pm, Tuesday 7th July from 3.30 – 5pm, Saturday 11th July from 10am – 12.30pm.

The Surrey Sculpture Society will be returning to Loseley Park, following the success of their previous major exhibiti on last year, and where the society also celebrated its 20th anniversary. Visitors to the exhibiti on, which will

be open from 30th June unti l 27th July, will be able to see a vast range of sculptures in many styles and themes made from bronze, metal, ceramic, wood, glass, resin, stone and found objects. The award- winning enclosed gardens at Loseley Park are divided into themed ‘rooms’ that visitors can stroll through and enjoy strategically placed sculptures within the Rose Garden, the White Garden, the Herb and Organic Vegetable Garden, as well as along the Vine Walk and the Flower Garden. The exhibiti on will be on throughout the popular Garden Show at Loseley (24th - 26th July). The Sculpture Trail is open from 11am - 5pm Sunday –Thursday (closed Friday and Saturday).

Dr Jennie Jewitt -Harris is exhibiti ng artworks created during her role as arti st in residence in a solo exhibiti on at Watt s Gallery, Compton, in their Arti sts’ Village. The exhibiti on opened on 16th June and closes on Sunday 19th July. Intricate sketches and humorous vintage-inspired collages clash in a riot of colour. Focussing on subjects such as the passage of ti me, what it means to be Briti sh and the psychological implicati on of memory, Jennie creates art with a social conscience. Defi nitely worth a visit.

Grayshott Flower Club’s fi rst workshop in May was a great success with visitors and members alike. On Wednesday 1st July ‘Two’s Company’ is the ti tle of another hands-on workshop with Beryl Greenslade. For further informati on and a worksheet, contact 01428 651956. The meeti ng will take place at Grayshott Village Hall, Small Hall, doors open at 7pm with refreshments available. The workshop starts at 7.45pm. New members and visitors are always welcome.

Elstead Aft ernoon WI will hold their next meeti ng on Thursday 2nd July at 2.15pm in Elstead Village Hall. On this occasion there will be a talk given by Mr. D. A. Fulford enti tled ‘Anti que Clocks and Watches’. If this makes you curious do go along to hear what it is all about. All visitors and new members will be made very welcome, and they off er a delicious tea! Contact: Helen White on 01252 710039.

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High on the scale of scary summer dressing is swimwear. Really, must we? Yes we must, as holidays and water are essenti al life moti vators so it is crucial to put some ti me into what you wear. Enter lingerie and swimwear expert, Nicola Hansford, owner of Loncherie.

Working in the lingerie industry for over 25 years, Nicola, has experience of both buying and selling body garments, off ering her expert advice in Farnham for over fi ve years, fi rstly from the

Lionand Lamb Yard and now in her decepti vely large shop in Downing Street.

The store has the largest selecti on of swimwear in the surrounding counti es, with brands covering cup sizes, from an A-G and in body sizes 8-24. All the labels have been thoroughly researched to suit her customers’ needs and to suit certain shapes. A fuller breast or rounded tummy need a certain cut, not all suit everyone.

Glamorous brands include Roidal and designer Maryan Mehlhorn, where the quality and prices are high but refl ect the internal courtesy, form fi tti ng linings and patt ern placements that complement the body for a skilful eff ect.

Maybe not…but a summer wardrobe means the dreaded swimwear shop and fashion stylist, Kirsti e Smillie, has found there is an easier way.

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The American brand, Miraclesuit, off er swimwear that is fabulously slimming with wonderfully fi rm fabrics that fl att er fuller fi gures. Prints are lively or classic and perfect for holiday lounging.

For excellent quality but lower price points, from £85, David has a range with power mesh linings and Sunfl air off er great prints in form-fi tti ng styles. Bikinis are sold in sets from £65 with integrated busts and gorgeous up-lift ing prints.

You can either just pop in or book an appointment, allowing plenty of ti me to try on various shapes to fi nd your ideal fi t. The large changing rooms off er a discreet space for the coy and with Nicola’s passion for correct bra fi tti ng and non pushy personal service you will most probably actually enjoy the process.

Alongside lingerie collecti ons including Marie Jo, Emprienta and Prima Dona up to J cup, Loncherie

also stocks great basics by Hanro, beauti fully plain cami tops or lace-trimmed versions. There are also prett y Italian and French kaft ans in cott ons, broderie anglaise and lace, or large wraps, from £37.

There are vastly expensive luxury silk and lace nighti es for those extra special nights to a very sweet pink design by Vanilla from £52. You can even buy the man in your life his swimming trunks so he can leave his ancient speedos at home.

Swimwear, like lingerie is a tricky one to buy on-line, you need friendly expert advice to get it right. So lets forget our Briti sh bashfulness and start enjoying the sun in our glorious swimmers.

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The Wey and Arun Canal are putti ng on some special cruises during the summer months. Cream Tea Voyages take place on Thursday 2nd and Tuesday 28th July and Wednesday 9th September. These trips off er an opportunity to appreciate the beauti ful West Sussex countryside while enjoying a cup of tea and delicious scones, cream and jam. The trips take approximately 1½ hours and depart at 2.30pm on the dates menti oned above. Tickets cost £12 for adults and £9 for children and should be booked in advance. The extremely popular Pimm’s and Posh Ploughman’s Evening Cruises depart at 7.30pm on Friday 17th July and Friday 7th and Friday 21st August. Savour a sunset and twilight trip on the canal whilst enjoying a glass of Pimm’s, a very special ploughman’s supper and easy listening music. Tickets for all the evening cruises cost £18 per person and must be booked in advance. The boat departs from the wharf beside the Onslow Arms on the B2133 in Loxwood. If you would like further details or wish to book seats (or enquire about private charters or weekend public trips, volunteering opportuniti es or membership), call The Wey & Arun Canal Trust Offi ce on 01403 752403 or email offi [email protected]. Website: www.weyandarun.co.uk

If you’re looking for teachers’ presents for the end of term then a good idea would be to visit Godalming Country Market at Milford Village Hall. They stock a range of gift s including jewellery, woodwork, fused glass, cards and candles, together with plants, vegetables, preserves, honey and baked goods. They are open every Friday morning (next one on 3rd July) from 8.30am to 10.30am, serving

tea, coff ee and nibbles. There’s ample parking space in the village hall car park. For further details please contact Margaret Heath on 01483 416098

The Cellar Café in Godalming is presenti ng a Masked Musical Fun Evening on Saturday 4th July. It will be held in the delightf ul grounds of The Old Farmhouse, Elstead GU8 6DB, with kind permission of Richard and Hilary Grey. It’s a musical extravaganza featuring The Godalming Community Gospel Choir, the Catherine Luard Trio, Chris Munroe, Kai Choi and the Ukulele Band followed by dancing in the barn. Dress code is casual summer’s evening and masks. There will be a Mediterranean style buff et, a cash bar, an ice cream stati on and a grand raffl e. It runs from 7pm unti l 11pm and there’s plenty of parking. Entrance including welcome drink and buff et is £20. Masks can be sourced from Amazon and it is suggested you take a picnic rug if you want to sit on the lawns. Tickets are available from The Cellar Café, Crown Court, Godalming, tel 01483 417097 or through your Cellar link.

Busbridge Evening WI invites everyone to a Bring and Buy at Busbridge Village Hall. It’s on Saturday 4th July from 10am to 12 noon and celebrates one hundred years of the WI. Coff ee and biscuits will be served and plants, cakes and books will be on sale. All proceeds will go to the Royal Surrey County Hospital Breast Cancer Tomosynthesis Machine. The next meeti ng of Busbridge Evening WI will be on Tuesday 14th July at 8pm at the Busbridge Village Hall. The speaker for the evening will be Alyson Hoyland, a

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Never before has there been so much choice for travellers when it comes to researching and booking holidays. The internet has brought a mind-boggling explosion of outlets off ering price com-parisons for fl ights, accommodati on, and holiday packages. The advent of mobile devices has also provided the ability to plan breaks away using everything from fl ight booking and budget ho-tel apps, to food spotti ng and translator apps when you’re on the ground and exploring your holiday desti nati on.

In the days before the internet broke free from its chains, we used to walk in to a travel shop and sit down in front of a real person. We would seek help and advice on everything from choice of desti nati on, excursions and fl ights, and have the agent make our booking for us. So what has become of the traditi onal high street travel agent?

I decided to fi nd out by visiti ng local walk-in independent travel specialists. What I found was that not only are these travel re-tailers very much alive and kicking, they are also providing an incredible tailor-made personal service.

Travel Dream in Bramley is owned by Jo Wishart and Pam Jack-man, who between them have over 59 years’ experience in the travel industry. Their spacious Bramley offi ce provides the chance to chat over a coff ee and feel comfortable and reassured that you are in safe and experienced hands.

“We are immensely proud of the fact that the majority of our clients come back year aft er year to take advantage of our com-pletely hands-on and personal service for their holiday book-ings,” said Jo. “We can insti ncti vely match their travel aspira-ti ons, guided by decades of hard-earned experience of exactly what makes a holiday special. That is most important to us.”

All of the agents I visited provide an exciti ng range of desti na-ti ons and a good choice of diff erent ways of getti ng there. Travel Dream’s latest magazine has holiday temptati ons ranging from sailing on a traditi onal sailing gulet in the Mediterranean, to the elegance of travelling by rail across Asia on the Eastern & Orien-tal Express. And much more besides.

They also talk of a new buzz word in luxury trav-el, this being ‘experienti al’ and illustrate with opportuniti es for an inti mate dinner for two on the Great Wall of China, or a stay in the Ice Ho-tel in Sweden whilst being mesmerised by the Northern Lights.

“We know our clients personally. We fi nd out exactly what their expectati ons are. Not just their likes and dislikes, but also their individ-ual tastes when it comes to what is genuinely adventurous to them. We hand-deliver their ti ckets. We even remind regular clients when their passports are due for renewal. Our clients have our mobile numbers and we are available whenever they need us. You couldn’t dream of a much more personal service could you?”

The Godalming Travel Company has at its helm Amanda Gore and Penny Brown, both with a great deal of experience in providing a personal service to holidaymakers. Between them they have travelled to many of the major holiday desti -

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talk to us face-to-face in a really friendly, comfortable environ-ment,” said Penny. “He felt as though he was sitti ng at home in his lounge chatti ng with a friend. That’s defi nitely something the internet cannot provide!”

This standard of service undoubtedly makes for very special tai-lor-made holidays, right down to having dinner bookings made, excursions planned to slot eff ortlessly into your iti nerary, and that welcome bott le of bubbly chilling in your room to mark a special occasion.

Over at Haslemere Travel, where they have a team of advisors and support staff , the message is also one of ensuring that all of their clients receive a highly personalised service. Managing Director Gemma Antrobus knows just how important this is, es-pecially as she is also the Chairman of AITO. This is an associati on of independent travel agents, and Gemma is in the hot seat of knowing exactly what makes their 130 member companies suc-cessful and also what daily challenges they face.

“Fly and fl op beach holidays for families are very popular, but we have a range of opti ons that go way beyond the standard brochure choices,” said Gemma. “We fully cater for those who want a taste of adventure or perhaps prefer culture-focused desti nati ons. Short breaks, or year-long round-the-world tours. Honeymoons in exoti c locati ons, or special excursions for groups with a parti cular focus. It may surprise you to know that we even book Nati onal Express ti ckets for some of our regular clients.”

The latest editi on of their Pure Shores newslett er illustrates what a remarkable range and exciti ng variety of holiday experiences is available. Quality and value for money is very important to their clients, as is the reassurance of a one-to-one personal service from a highly experienced team.

“Forget all of the technology for a moment. The world maps we have hanging on the wall of our offi ce are a brilliant focus for discussing desti nati on, climate and ti me zones. Standing along-side these with our clients invariably sti mulates much animated discussion and starts to vividly bring their holiday plans to life.”

nati ons in the world and have a good rapport with tour operators and hoteliers. Like the other agents I visited, this makes providing travel advice so much more dependable. And they also go that ex-tra mile to provide a special and personal service.

“I can give you a perfect example of just how personal our approach is,” said Amanda. “A cli-ent’s son needed to visit American universiti es he had applied to. They had six days to visit fi ve universiti es scatt ered across several states and were struggling to make the trip workable. With a lot of research and careful planning we put an iti nerary together that worked for them. What made all the eff ort worthwhile was the call from a very proud father to let us know that his son had got into his chosen university and starts in August!”

They too thrive on being able to sit with their clients and talk through travel plans in person. “One of our regular clients recently comment-ed how lovely it was to be able to come in and


Gemma was also keen to negate a common misapprehension. Independent agents do not charge their clients a fee for their booking services.

In my visits I was also keen to fi nd out what our independents felt about the internet. Gemma from Haslemere Travel had a very clear and positi ve response. “We embrace the internet be-cause our experience has shown that many of our clients come in with some exciti ng ideas they have researched on the web. The task they set us is to meet their expectati ons and we enjoy exceeding them. Talking them through all the opti ons and watch-ing their approval when we not only make their iti neraries work, but also meet their budgets too.”

Penny from Godalming Travel gave me examples of where ‘bud-get’ bookings online can result in inferior accommodati on, with hoteliers favouring clients of the travel operator they know per-sonally. This relati onship with the walk-in retailers can oft en en-sure that upgrades are made, and in some cases at a cheaper price too.

“What troubles us most are the stories we hear when things go wrong,” said Pam of Travel Dream. “Booking direct with travel providers on the web can leave travellers literally stranded when things go wrong. In most cases, using our contacts and inside knowledge of how the industry works, we’ve been able to help them out. It’s important to have the protecti on of booking with a fully licensed travel agent like ours. Your money is protected.”

Booking directly online does potenti ally increase the risk of fraud. The Nati onal Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) reported that there were 1,569 cases of holiday fraud reported to them in 2014, with fraud relati ng to holiday accommodati on being the most common.

The advice from all three travel agents was clear and simple. Make sure you have the security of using an agent that is fully bonded and licenced. ABTA, the associati on of travel agents and tour operators, ensures that all members adhere to a code of conduct. ATOL is a Government guaranteed fi nancial protecti on scheme for UK tour operators.

Also for peace of mind check out the company thoroughly to fi nd out they are who they say they are. Online forums can be helpful parti cularly if you’ve chosen a web provider for your hol-iday, although someti mes these can be used for gripes between operators - and a regular batch of glowing reports may suggest the reviews aren’t genuine. A lack of a real address or telephone landline should ring alarm bells.

For my money, sitti ng in front of a real person with buckets of experience in a real offi ce, and sipping a cup of coff ee is abso-lutely unbeatable. You benefi t from their extensive network of

contacts with tour operators, hotels and air-lines - and you will also get a genuine personal service laced with a lot of anecdotal on-the-ground evidence too. They also off er incredible value for money.

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Grayshott Folk Club has just one gig in July before they take a summer break. On Saturday 4th July at 7.30pm, they present Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar (www.russellalgar.co.uk) at Grayshott Village Hall, Headley Road, Grayshott , GU26 6TZ. These award-winning young musicians, (BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2013, Horizon Award 2014, Nominees for Best Duo 2015), have really set the folk world alight over the past few years. With such a busy schedule, we are fortunate that they have found ti me to

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Following the concert on 21st June featuring The Queen’s College Choir, Bramley Music presents the renowned chamber choir Siglo de Oro, directed by Patrick Allies (well known to all in the Bramley and Blackheath Choral Society), on Saturday 4th July at 7pm. A smaller choir, composed of extremely talented young musicians, their programme of musical tributes and elegies enti tled ‘Eternal Light’ will provide a complete contrast to that of Queen’s. See www.siglodeoro.co.uk . Tickets £10 (under 18’s and students £5). Available from R.A.Robertson and Sons in Bramley High Street, [email protected] or 01483 892645. As an additi onal benefi t, there will be a Singing Workshop with Siglo de Oro on Saturday 4th July from 12 noon to 3pm. Patrick is leading a workshop for singers who can read music and have some choral experience. They will be working on three of the pieces they will be performing in their concert. A really special masterclass. If you wish


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Some excellent gigs coming up at The Three Lions Pub (Scratchers) in Meadrow, Godalming during July. On Saturday 4th July at 9pm, they welcome Jackie Lynton. Jackie is one of the old men of rock’n’roll with a career spanning an incredible seven decades. Sure to be a foot-tapping evening. On Thursday 16th July at 9pm, it’s Smythe & Taylor who hail all the way from Texas. They will be making a welcome return to the UK with their country-infused folk and bluegrass. Finally, on Saturday 25th July at 9pm Leatherat will be playing their own brand of high octane folk-rock, basically fast and loud! Put the dates in your diary and with some good pub nosh, have a great evening out.

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Godalming Photographic Club’s 32nd Annual Exhibiti on will take place at Godalming Museum from Tuesday 4th July unti l Saturday 1st August. The club is a regular exhibitor at the museum and the very high standard of photographs shown makes it an event not to be missed. The club has grown steadily and now has about 80 members, meeti ng on Wednesday evenings (from September to June) in the large hall at the Broadwater Park Community Centre, Summers Road, Farncombe, GU7 3BH from 7.45 for 8pm to 10pm. There is a wide range of diff erent acti viti es including workshops and visiti ng speakers. Print and digital competi ti ons are held regularly in three classes (club, intermediate and advanced). Meeti ngs are always friendly and entertaining and cater for all abiliti es and ages (from 15 upwards). Club members encompass a wide range of skills from amateur to professional photographers. New members are always welcome and full details are available at www.godalmingphoto.org.

The Nati onal Garden Scheme is in full swing with some beauti ful gardens open to the public. In Godalming Pratsham Grange is open on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July from 12 noon to 5pm. There are stunning views of Surrey Hills, cut fl ower and kitchen gardens, two ponds joined by a cascading stream and roses, hydrangeas and dahlias, with geometric beds. Home-made teas are available. Admission £5, children free. On Sunday 5th July, 16 Hurtmore Chase, Godalming GU7 2RT will be open from 11am to 5pm. Fuchsias are a speciality in this secluded ¼ acre garden which has a pati o area with hanging baskets,

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Guildford Jazz is holding the fi nal gig of the season on Wednesday 8th July at The Pavilion. It will feature sax and clarinet virtuoso Alan Barnes, one of Britain’s most disti nguished and versati le musicians, and winner of many Briti sh jazz awards. Alan will be joined by pianist Liam Noble, who has long been known for his highly original piano playing and his in-depth knowledge of a number of the great jazz masters including Ellington and Bill Evans. Virtuoso drummer Paul Clarvis will also be playing and he is one of the most in demand session drummers in the country who has worked with a plethora of top musicians worldwide. It really is a great line-up and is guaranteed to bring the house down. Not to be missed! Doors 7.30pm; music from 8pm; ti ckets £12 in advance from www.guildfordjazz.org.uk. Jazz at The Pavilion takes place at Guildford Rugby Club, Guildford Road, Godalming GU7 3DH.

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As Britain entered WWII, the government quickly realised the im-portance of controlling vehicle constructi on to support the war eff ort. They decided that bus producti on would be carried out solely by Daimler and Guy, thereby depriving Dennis of one of its main product lines. Dennis were also prohibited from producing trucks for civilian use. However they were ordered to build some 4,500 trucks for the War Offi ce. Recognising the company’s fi re engine manufacturing abiliti es, orders for some 7,000 trailer fi re pumps were also received, and these went on to become a very familiar sight around the country.

Dennis also produced around 700 tanks, as well as 3,000 tracked armoured personnel carriers. They also made tank gearboxes and bomb assemblies. During WWII, Woodbridge Works was therefore a hive of acti vity, with a workforce doubled to around 3,000 and producti on 24 hours a day.

Early post-war days saw a massive surge in bus and coach or-ders, as the hard-won freedom from travel restricti ons soon unleashed a pent-up demand from the populati on for travel. Private car ownership was sti ll very low, and there were long waiti ng lists for new cars as the car factories were focussed on export business to generate much-needed income for Britain. For most folk, therefore, early post-war travel was only possible by public transport. Dennis were perfectly placed to take advan-tage of this, parti cularly with their single-deck Lancet and dou-ble-deck Lance buses.

Whilst the bus and coach market was doing well in the early post-war years, the same could not be said of the truck market, thanks to the government’s plan to nati onalise road haulage. In-deed, this became one of several ti mes over the years where the prosperity, and indeed the survival of the company was due to the profi tability of one product range subsidising other, less profi table ones.

Notwithstanding the uncertainti es of nati onalisati on, Dennis pressed ahead with the development of new truck product ranges, including the innovati ve Jubilant six-wheeler. This was a

stylish machine, unusual in having a fl at front rather than a bonnet – ‘forward control’ in truck parlance – together with many real inno-vati ons under the skin, some of which went on to become the standard for truck manufactur-ers worldwide.

In typical Dennis fashion, all the major units of the Jubilant were manufactured in-house, even down to the steering gear, something which would be unthinkable today. Jubilants were parti cularly popular with breweries in the south-east, especially Whitbreads.

In volume terms though, Dennis were not a ma-jor player in the truck market, yet this did not prevent them, perhaps unwisely, from produc-ing a host of diff erent models. Most of these sold only in comparati vely small numbers, thanks to the road haulage nati onalisati on, which from 1948 enforced centralised buying for large volume orders, none of which Dennis were successful in winning.

Lawn mower producti on also resumed aft er the war. The 1947 brochure listed many impressive worldwide customers, including our own Kings George V and VI, three Maharajahs, six Dukes and many others. Indeed, in 1949, the factory produced 470 lawnmowers, as well as 1,096 buses and trucks, 445 municipal vehicles and 57 fi re engines.

The fi re engine market was another in which Dennis got off to a good start aft er the war, with the introducti on of the ‘F’ series in 1945 which shared a similarly styled cab to the Jubilant. This range enjoyed a long and successful producti on life right through to the early 1960’s.

post WWIIBritain’s oldest vehicle manufacturer was established in Guildford, Surrey. In the third arti cle in his series, Andy Goundry conti nues the story.

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As the 1950’s dawned, traditi onal front-engined buses and coaches were becoming less popular. Many manufacturers developed the chassis with horizontal engines mounted amidships un-der the fl oor to enable al-most the whole length of the vehicle to be used for passengers. Not to be left behind, Dennis developed their own mid-engined chassis, the Dominant. Unfortunately, this was extremely heavy, and by the ti me the weight was reduced to an acceptable level, the post-war boom in new bus and coach sales was all but over.

Sales of the Lance dou-ble-decker in parti cular suff ered, not least be-cause it was litt le diff erent to the products of several other manufacturers, most of whom could undercut it on price due to their much higher producti on volumes. In an echo of the events in future decades, Dennis management then realised that to be successful they needed to off er vehicles which off ered disti nct benefi ts over the competi ti on.

Bizarrely, the soluti on was found in a unique new decker chassis developed not by Dennis but by Bristol Commercial Vehicles. This al-lowed the roof line to be lowered by about 12” compared to a conventi onal decker, increasing the route availability of the bus considerably. Being nati onalised, Bristol were unable to sell this model on the open market. Dennis were therefore licensed to build the model in Guild-ford, and the Loline, as it was badged, sold well to many smaller operators such as Aldershot & District.

Returning to the truck business, life was becom-ing increasingly competi ti ve against the likes of Leyland, Foden and Bedford, forcing Dennis to become a specialist builder focussing on fi re and municipal vehicle sales. A lesser manufac-turer might have thrown in the towel at that ti me. Not Dennis, for they were highly imagi-nati ve in fi nding niche markets for which they

could develop products not off ered by the bigger manufacturers.

Several att empts were made at making vans for more effi cient stop-start de-liveries. Dennis used their bus-derived underfl oor engine technology to pro-vide easy entry and exit, together with a low load fl oor. In 1958 this resulted in the odd-looking but functi onal Paravan, followed by the front-wheel drive Ven-dor, which foreshadowed the hugely successful Ford Transit. However, these potenti ally successful and innovati ve products were invariably just too ex-pensive due to their low volumes, and none of them took off . The Paravan for example, despite its brilliantly eff ec-ti ve layout, achieved sales of less than 100. The Vendor never got beyond the prototype stage, although at one point Standard-Triumph were so impressed with it that they considered buying the Dennis business.

With the generally limited sales success of the various niche models and the uncompeti ti ve pricing of their more mainstream off erings, both truck and bus sales began a steady decline and fi re appliance sales once again became pre-dominant. Here, again, engineering innovati on kept the products at the top of their game, but at least this was in a market which was not so price-sensiti ve.

Nevertheless, in the early 1960’s Dennis fortunes were declin-ing, with a shrinking number of orders to fi ll the large Wood-bridge factory, and the company actually lost money in 1965. By this ti me, front-engined deckers such as the Loline were fast becoming outclassed by rear-engined competi tors with even lower fl oor lines. With an increasingly uncompeti ti ve bus prod-uct range, and a truck range which had failed to make real sales headway, Dennis decided to withdraw from the truck and bus markets and concentrate on municipal vehicles and fi re appli-ances, where their sales were sti ll strong. Both of these product lines were of course relati vely low volume, leaving the company with too litt le producti on to be viable.

Eventually the weakened company was bought by the Hestair group in 1972, despite strong oppositi on from the Dennis board. Although this was the end of Dennis as a family-led aff air, it was far from the end for the business, as we shall see in the next of this series.

Top: A Paravan on test climbs Guildford High Street. If circumstances had been diff erent, this unusual but very eff ecti ve van could easily have enjoyed the success seen

later by the ubiquitous Ford Transit. Above: A six-wheeled Jubilant being loaded with test weights in preparati on for

testi ng. It is believed that the locati on is a weighbridge inside Woodbridge Works. Photo: David Busfi eld. Left : The

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livery of Aldershot & District pauses at Grayshott . Photo: Dennis Society

About the author: Andy Goundry spent his working career in vehicle design and development, with almost 20 years in senior engineering and management roles at Dennis. Since reti rement he has conti nued a close involvement with vehicles, writi ng for specialist magazines and websites, as well as producing his own motoring website www.autonews.uk.com

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This summer Guildford Shakespeare Company is introducing its fi rst GSC Day Out, where children can meet professional actors and learn rehearsal ti ps before

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Don’t miss this year’s Ewhurst Big Day & Night Out. This biennial event to raise funds for Ewhurst’s ancient Parish church is set to be the best ever. So mark Saturday 18th July as the day you ditch those domesti c chores and join the fun at the Hurtwood Park Polo Ground GU6 7SW. A free vintage bus will carry visitors between Ewhurst village and the Big Day Out which runs from 11.30am to 4pm. Entrance is £3 per person (children under 7 go free). Big Day Out entertainments, att racti ons and acti viti es cater for all ages. Refreshment stalls, a Hog Roast and the Haywards at Hurtwood restaurant and bar will be there to keep everyone well fed and watered. Big Day Out: owners of unusual, classic & vintage cars/vehicles - please contact Jane Harry to book your place. Call 01483 275047 or email geoff @ewhurstgreenfsnet.uk. The Big Night Out’s music

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I loved this book. If you like a calorie or two then this is one of those books that makes you want

to drop everything immediately and rush off to visit the places it’s talking about, because the places this book is talking about are food shops, food markets and eateries in London. “Oh yeah,” I can hear you groan, “that’s just what the world needs, yet another guide to eati ng in London.” Well, normally I’d agree with you but this book is diff erent and it fi red me up the moment I opened it. The fi rst secti on is a guide to specialist food shops and markets and there are some real tempters in here. There are places where you can buy the specialist food of practi cally every country you’ve ever heard of and some that you haven’t; there are cheese shops, chocolate shops, fi sh shops, pati sseries – oh, the pati sseries – there’s even a specialist biscuit shop. Imagine that, a shop specialising in biscuits! There are

butchers, honey specialists, ice cream makers and, of course, bakers, and in this beauti ful litt le book they all look so inviti ng and irresisti ble that I see no point in trying to resist. Just give in.

Staggering from these halls of temptati on heavy laden with classy comesti bles you will be in need of a restoring snack and beverage and this book is right there guiding you unerringly to cafés of equal delight. Fully fl edged restaurants are covered just as tempti ngly as are the places where you can get the best street food. London used to be such a dreary place to eat, and outside of Soho there weren’t too many interesti ng food shops either, but now – wow!Reviewed by B. Dalziell

As soon as I saw this book my fi ngers were itching to get going on one of the projects. It is a really lovely book, in true Dorling

Kindersley style with clean, readable pages and lots of

illustrati ons which are clearly and carefully placed on the page. If you don’t know a fat quarter from a jelly roll this might be the book for you. It explains what equipment you need to get started, the diff erent sorts of patchwork there are, and it describes appliqué and quilti ng styles. There are over 40 things to make, from simple things for beginners like me, to slightly more adventurous projects termed ‘medium’ diffi culty. There are templates at the back of the book too so you won’t have to make wobbly-shaped birds and hearts (or am I just showing up my own lack of skills here?). I’m off now to hone my trapunto skills …Reviewed by Carol Farley

A cook and his vegetable patch

I was really pleased to have the opportunity to review this book. Any book which claims to be the definitive guide

to vegetables and backs up that claim with 600 pages of vegetable gardening and

In this column we feature books that we, and our reviewers, like. They may not necessarily be new books, but they’ll be fi cti on and non-fi cti on books that we have enjoyed. We’ll always include at least one children’s book in the selecti on each ti me. We’d love to hear your thoughts on anything you feel we should be reading and sharing with others.

A GOOD Book

Tender: Volume l

By Nigel SlaterPublished by: Fourth EstateHardback, £30

London for Foodies, Gourmets & Gluttons

Quilting:Patchwork and Appliqué

Published by Dorling Kindersley www.dk.com/craft sHardback. £25.

By David Hampshire and Graeme ChestersPublished by Survival BooksHardback £11.95

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vegetable cooking, gets my attention.

Nigel Slater is a good food writer and I have always liked his TV programmes. They are invariably sensible and practi cal and never of the ‘fain daining’ type, but it turns out that he’s a good gardener as well. In this book he combines his knowledge of cooking and gardening to elevate the vegetable to its proper positi on in the kitchen, a positi on that most other TV cooks ignore. They all go to great lengths to tell you how to cook a dish but always ignore the important detail of naming the variety of vegetable or fruit which they are using. To them, presumably, all tomatoes are the same. Slater is also guilty of this to some extent by telling you the tomato varieti es to grow but then failing to name them in the recipes in his 25 page secti on on tomatoes.

However, you know you’re on sure ground when he says of the potato that, “nowhere else in the vegetable kingdom does (using) the right one for the right job matt er quite so much.” There are 54 pages on potatoes covering what varieti es to grow or buy, how to grow them and how to use them. There are even 15 pages on the humble swede, a vegetable about which I am not too excited and which up to now I have only used in stews, yet Slater makes it sound quite diff erent and he has changed my percepti on of this unglamorous old root. “It (the swede) is rarely treated with much respect, “ he says, but I shall certainly pay it more att enti on from now on. However, nothing Nigel Slater can say will ever

persuade me that aubergines are fi t for human consumpti on.

Apart from being a good gardening book and cook book this is also just a good read too because of Slater’s writi ng style which if someti mes a tad aff ected is always weighted with racy humour.Reviewed by B. Dalziell

Now that I don’t travel to London every day, the deafening noise and chaos of the place, which I had

previously got used to hearing but blocking out, seems louder and more insistent when I do go. So to me the idea of London being a place of calm and tranquility seems very att racti ve, if not very believable.

Yet within the pages of Peaceful Places there can be found quiet eati ng and drinking places of every kind from various cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants to refi ned tearooms. There are interesti ng shops such as the Hive Honey Shop in Clapham which has a fi ve-foot, glass-fronted beehive which is home to a colony of 20,000 Buckfast Abbey bees; places of worship including a convent near to Oxford Street which has a gruesome att racti on in the crypt – but it is peaceful.

There are spas, fl otati on tanks and parks; museums, libraries, galleries and, of course, gardens. There are even are few walks which take you through woods, along rivers, beside canals as well as around the parks and gardens. I thought I knew London quite well, but there were some very interesti ng fi nds in this book. It made me decide that the next ti me I’m in London I’ll build in an extra hour to fi nd somewhere to escape the bustle and quietly enjoy the peaceful things it has to off er.Reviewed by Jessica Harding

A tale of mini-beasts and mystery

Christopher Nibble (a guinea pig) and his friend Posie (also a guinea pig) keep six hairy

caterpillars as pets. They look aft er their pets carefully but, one day, the caterpillars disappear! Christopher and Posie become the ‘detecti ves of Dandeville’ and, with the help of Mr Rosetti , they solve the mystery in a delightf ul tale.

The illustrati ons are absolutely charming - a mixture of drawing and collage. This would be a great way to encourage small children to make their own collage story. I parti cularly loved the guinea pig as Mona Lisa! Reviewed by Jessica Harding

Christopher’s Caterpillars

by Charlott e MiddletonPublished by Oxford University PressAvailable in paperback and hardbackSuitable for 2+ yearsChildren’s. Hardback. £8.95

London’s Secrets: Peaceful Places

By David HampshirePublished in 2014 by Survival Bookswww.survivalbooks.net£11.95. Hardback.


SCULPTURE AT LOSELEY‘Art in the Garden’ event brings sculpture to Loseley Park

The Surrey Sculpture Society (SSS) will be returning to Loseley Park following the success of their previous major exhibiti on last year, where the society also celebrated its 20th anniversary.

In its 21st year, this major regional arts organisati on, with 350 members from across the south east and beyond, will be show-ing a wide range of sculptures created by the many talented am-ateurs and highly acclaimed professional sculptors.

SSS Exhibiti on Co-ordinator Mary Kaun-English commented: “The SSS is known for its high standard of garden sculpture. Work shown will range from the traditi onal to the modern and will be created using a wide variety of materials using the incred-ibly beauti ful gardens at Loseley Park as a backdrop. Arti sts will be on hand to meet the visitors and explain the processes and inspirati on behind the sculptures”.

Visitors to the exhibiti on, which will be open from 30th June unti l 27th July, will be able to see a vast range of sculptures in many styles and themes made from bronze, metal, ceramic, wood, glass, resin, stone and found objects. The exhibiti on will be on throughout the popular Garden Show at Loseley (24th-26th July).

SSS Chairman Sue Cundell commented: “It is wonderful to be back at Loseley Park and to have such a perfect and tranquil lo-cati on to stage this important exhibiti on in our 21st year. Setti ng our sculptures within the walled gardens gives keen garden-ers, professional landscape designers and landscape architects the opportunity to see how sculpture of any size could enhance their own garden designs. Plus we always have medium size and smaller sculptures that would also sit well within indoor setti ngs and we aim to off er our high quality art at aff ordable prices.”

The award-winning enclosed gardens at Loseley Park are divid-ed into themed ‘rooms’ that visitors can stroll through. They can enjoy strategically placed sculptures within the Rose Gar-den, the White Garden, the Herb and Organic Vegetable Gar-

den, as well as along the Vine Walk and the Flower Garden.

Loseley Park has been the home of the More-Molyneaux family for over 400 years and Michael More-Molyneaux commented: “We are all delighted that the Surrey Sculpture Soci-ety Exhibiti on will be returning to Loseley Park this summer. It was extremely popular with all our visitors last year. The garden and the sculp-tures work so well together”.

Built in the reign of Elizabeth I, Loseley Park stands in ancient Surrey Parkland close to the North Downs and is remarkably unchanged since 1562. It remains a place of calm, grace and subtle beauty with its intricately panelled Great Hall, once in Henry VIII’s Nonsuch Palace, and the Tithe Barn, with its ancient oak beams. The elegant and restf ul walled garden, grounds, garden and house off er visitors the perfect place to relax in one of England’s friendliest historic homes. For more informati on, see the feature in our March issue (available online at www.vantagepointmag.co.uk).

Visitors can also enjoy lunch or cream teas in the Wisteria Tea Room or on the Mulberry Tea Lawn within the Walled Garden (weather per-mitti ng).

The Sculpture Trail will be open from 30th June-27th July from 11am-5pm Sunday -Thursday (closed Friday and Saturday) at Loseley Park, Guildford GU3 1HS.

Admission to Sculpture Trail included in entrance to Loseley Park. For exhibiti on details visit:www.surreysculpture.org.uk.

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and dance entertainment runs from 6.30pm to 10.30pm with rock band Kenney Jones and the Jones Gang as top billing. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic or tuck into a Hog Roast or pre-booked picnic pack from Haywards at Hurtwood (01483 267321). Big Night Out ti cket prices to be announced soon. Box offi ce for advance sales is now open, tel 01483 351386.

Calling all ‘Strictly’ fans! Brand new Fitsteps classes started last month in Alfold. Fitsteps is an energeti c, upbeat dance class designed to achieve real, measurable fi tness results. The dance workout mixes the graceful steps of ballroom with the up-tempo steps of Lati n dances to create a fun-fi lled class. It’s a great way to get fi t and boost your confi dence. Classes take place on Fridays at 9.30am and Tuesdays at 6.15pm in Alfold Hall GU6 8JB. You can get more informati on at www.fi tsteps.co.uk).

Whithurst Park opens its doors to the public as a new garden in the Nati onal Garden Scheme on Saturday, July 18th from 10am-6pm and Saturday, 1 August from 10am-6pm. £5 admission, children free, home-made teas, plants for sale. Look at NGS website (ngs.org.uk) for more details. Whithurst Park, Plaistow Road, Kirdford, West Sussex RH14 0JW.

RHS Garden Wisley, Woking GU23 6QB, will be holding their second ‘Arts Fest’ weekend on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July. There will be live music, theatre performances, craft demonstrati ons and shadow theatre

amongst others. Filskit Theatre will be performing their ‘Feather Catcher’ show in the Glasshouse Gallery. They will have John Hegley and others in the poetry tent, aerial acrobati cs from Kati e Hardwick in the Glasshouse and Bloomin Arts will be performing their irreverent Victorian era show ‘What the Dickens’ in Wilson’s Wood. Acti viti es vary each day. Visit the website for the programme of events: www.rhs.org.uk/wisley. All events are free once inside the garden. For more informati on you can call 08452 609000, or email [email protected].

There’s a Seaside Extravaganza with a real beach, donkey rides, live music, Pig ‘n’ Tater Pub, BBQ, bouncy castle, giant slide, magician and much more. It’s on Sunday 19th July from 2pm-6pm at the Spike, Warren Road, Guildford GU1 3JH. Telephone Guildford Tourist Board for more details on 01483 444333. It’s a real family event and should be lots of fun.

With only a short ti me before moving to a new post, Farnham Library Manager Steve Sansom is making an appeal for volunteers to swell the ranks at the branch in West Street.“Primarily we are looking for a ‘Rhymeti me’ volunteer for both my library and Godalming Library. We att ract vast numbers of parents/guardians and their litt le ones but we need someone to help out parking buggies, distributi ng instruments, manage the numbers and act as a back-up if someone is sick or away.” The Rhymeti me at Farnham is on a Tuesday morning at 11am, and at Godalming on a Friday also at 11am. If anyone is interested

31 July 2015

Godalming Town Council invites you to Staycation 2015

70 GREAT REASONS TO STAY IN GODALMING AND FARNCOMBE!!

A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR

Godalming Town Council is delighted to bring you its 6th Staycation with an even bigger and better range of exciting and fun activities for individuals and families to try. These fun activities are either completely free or at a specially discounted Staycation price, plus they are all really close to home so you don’t have to worry about expensive travelling costs.

We are delighted to welcome back regular favourites such as canoeing, tennis and swimming as well as many new activities to try. For 2015 learn how to play croquet, do Tai Chi, the art of Sushi, British Sign Language or how to ring hand bells. Join children’s cookery classes or take part as cast or crew in Panto in a Day. Learn photographic techniques with an expert, dowse for health, learn how to make a witches broomstick or hazel animals. For even more woodland fun try your hand making “bling” or dreamcatchers. Have a go at running or brush up your golf. If you used to love netball and can’t run too well anymore then try walking netball! Try different types of yoga including hot yoga or a drawing workshop and if you like dancing try Zumba or Just Jhoom (Bollywood style).

With a wealth of National Trust properties, the River Wey, the town’s sports facilities and its historic and cultural places of interest, our delightful countryside, our wealth of pubs and restaurants and our unique and individual shops, Godalming really is a fi ne place to spend your holiday time. Enjoy browsing the activities programme and, whether you try something familiar or new, when you book for an event/activity don’t forget to mention Staycation. I’d like to thank the many organisations and individuals who have contributed so generously in helping to create the Staycation programme; without their generosity in giving their time and resources and subsidising various events, it would not have been possible to have included activities for all age ranges. The Staycation week starts on Saturday, 1 August with the TST Staycation Live Music Festival at the Bandstand and on Saturday, 8 August our second Staycation Farncombe Family Fête will be held at Canon Bowring’s Field with pony rides, music, entertainment, side shows, children’s rides, a tea tent, hog roast and more.

Make Godalming the place to be this summer and enjoy a holiday at home.

I very much look forward to seeing you throughout Staycation week.

Councillor Anne BottMayor of Godalming

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Evening TennisCharterhouse Club, Duke’s Drive GU7 2RS7pm-8pm, 1st-9th August

Daily evening tennis, only £2.50 per visit (usually £5). Please book in advance on 01483 239600.

www.charterhouseclub.co.uk

Splash TimeCharterhouse Club, Duke’s Drive GU7 2RS3pm-5pm

Test the water at Charterhouse Club’s 25m swimming pool. Lane ropes out, giant fl oats, happy splashing for children and adults.Special Staycation Offer:Non-members’ charge £2 per person per swim (please arrive early for session to fi ll in brief registration form). For the safety and comfort of all swimmers, please adhere to all instructions from lifeguards and pool notices - see website timetable for more information. Please quote Staycation when booking. One adult may bring two under 8 year olds.

Tel 01483 239600 www.charterhouseclub.co.uk

Cheeky Monkeys’ Tea PartyGodalming United Church, Bridge Road10am-12.30pm

Lots of fun provided by various local party entertainers to showcase their magic, puppets, tricks, balloon modelling and more for under 5s. Other activities include face painting, biscuit decorating, crafts and lucky dip. Snacks are provided and refreshments will be available. Entry £3 per child (£5 max per family) by donation.

Email: [email protected]/branches/godalming/events/cheeky-monkey-tea-party

Evening Tennis

Kumon MathathonThe Pepperpot, High Street10am-12 noonA fun event where children from 5 to 15 years answer as many sums as they can in ten minutes. Open to all abilities. Drop in between 10-12 noon.

Tel: Jane Upward on 01483 800453Email [email protected]

Canoe Taster DayThe Wharf, Godalming (opposite Sainsbury’s)10am-3pm

Go Godalming Youth Canoe Club are offering a free ‘try your hand at canoeing’ day. No need to book just turn up. 10yrs - 100yrs, but should be able to swim 15m.

Contact Pete Harris on 07505 558399

Free Bowls Taster SessionGodalming & Farncombe Bowling ClubPhillips Memorial Park10am-12 noon

Godalming & Farncombe Bowling Club are offering free taster sessions for all ages, Juniors and Seniors alike. All equipment provided. Qualifi ed coaches on hand to guide you into the sport. Please wear fl at soled shoes by request of the greenkeepers.

Tel: 01483 410069 www.gobo.org.uk

Free Tennis CoachingWest Surrey Tennis Club, Enton GreenUnder 8s - 2pm-3pmUnder 10s - 3pm-4pmOver 10s and adults - 4pm-5pm

An hour’s free tennis coaching at the club, mainly aimed at beginners or people getting back into tennis. Also mainly, but not exclusively, for children. When booking, please let us know name, age, preferred time and whether you need to borrow a racquet.

Email [email protected] to bookwww.westsurreytennisclub.com

Pure Hot Yoga2nd fl oor, 79-81 High Street, GodalmingTaster session at 10.30am50% discount and Unlimited Yoga Pass 1st-9th August

Special Staycation Offer:A FREE hot yoga taster session at 10.30am. Plus, come along and try out a range of hot and non-heated yoga classes with 50% off in a range of classes or buy your Unlimited Yoga Pass for just £30 (must be purchased before 1st August). On your fi rst class at the studio please arrive 20 minutes before the start to complete a registration form. Soft stretchy clothing and nothing too loose or heavy, for non-heated classes a couple of layers. Mats and towels can be available. 16-65+. Further information on website.

Tel 01483 351231Email [email protected]


Cheeky Monkeys’ Tea Party

Charterhouse Club, Duke’s Drive GU7 2RS

Free Bowls Taster Session

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SUNDAY 2nd AUGUSTwww.godalming-tc.gov.uk/staycationwww.godalming-tc.gov.uk/staycationwww.godalming-tc.gov.uk/staycation

Staycation Live - Day 1The Bandstand, Phillips Memorial Park, 12 noon-7pmTST Live and Godalming Town Council present Staycation Live 2015. All ages welcome. Music, concessions, activities and workshops.

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Music in the ParkThe Bandstand, Phillips Memorial Park12 noon to 7pm

Staycation Live Concert Day 2Presented by TST Live and Go Godalming

All concerts are free. Why not bring your own garden chairs and a picnic. In the event of very wet weather, concerts will be held in the nearby Godalming Parish Church.

Music in the Park

* Splash Time at Charterhouse Club* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse Club* Free Swim at Godalming Leisure Centre* Free Tennis Coaching at West Surrey Tennis ClubSee Saturday 1st August for details

Pure Hot Yoga2nd fl oor, 79-81 High Street, Godalming50% discount on Yin Yoga at 4pm

Special Staycation Offer:Come along and try out a range of hot and non-heated yoga classes with 50% off in a range of classes. On your fi rst class at the studio please arrive 20 minutes before the start to complete a registration form. Soft stretchy clothing and nothing too loose or heavy, for non-heated classes a couple of layers. Mats and towels can be available. 16-65+

Tel 01483 351231, email [email protected]

See Saturday 1st August for details

* Splash Time at Charterhouse Club

Free Swim!Godalming Leisure Centre, Summers Road9.30am-12 noon1st-9th AugustSpecial Staycation Offer:Visit the Leisure Centre for a swim, fi rst 25 places free! Call reception to reserve your place on 01483 410500Email: [email protected]

Godalming Jazz Choir WorkshopThe Studio, Café Mila, 1 Angel Court7.15pm-8.45pm

You will learn one to two songs in harmony on the evening and then record the songs for you to take away with you. No specifi c clothing required just a smile and a bottle of water! Turn up, join in and have a good time you don’t have to read music, just lyrics! Any age and ability welcome, probably best for 10s and above. Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Contact Phoebe on 07890 708173

Godalming Jazz Choir Workshop

Slimming WorldOctagon, Ss Peter and Paul’s Church, 9.30am

Special Staycation Offer:Visit any of the Slimming World Groups at Farncombe, Milford or Godalming and get your fi rst week free.

Contact Gemma on 07808 711409.

Octagon, Ss Peter and Paul’s Church, 9.30amOctagon, Ss Peter and Paul’s Church, 9.30am

Free Tennis CoachingWest Surrey Tennis Club, Enton GreenUnder 8s - 2pm-3pmUnder 10s - 3pm-4pmOver 10s and adults - 4pm-5pm

An hour’s free tennis coaching at the club, mainly aimed at beginners or people getting back into tennis. Also mainly, but not exclusively, for children. When booking, please let us know name, age, preferred time and whether you need to borrow a racquet.

Email [email protected] to bookwww.westsurreytennisclub.com

Free Tennis Coaching

Open Air Service of WorshipPhillips Memorial Park,10am-11am

An open air Service of Worship by Churches Together in Godalming & District. All are welcome.

Free Drawing WorkshopBroadwater Park Community Centre1pm-3.30pm

A free drawing workshop for adults offered by Paint Modern who offer cutting edge drawing & painting courses with technical support in association with Winsor & Newton art materials. This free drawing workshop will benefi t any skill level, honing observational techniques and working with mark making. A fun and mind-opening lesson for any adult. You will need a sketchpad and drawing materials ie. pencils, charcoals or graphite sticks. If you don’t have any of these, don’t panic, charcoal and pencils will be provided.

Contact Kim O’Neill on 07796 943433www.kimoneil.co.uk

Horse-drawn River TripGodalming Packet Boat CompanyGodalming Wharf (opposite Sainsbury’s)2pm, Monday 3rd August only.A 2-hour horse-drawn boat trip along the River Wey aboard Iona.Special Staycation Offer:Adults £7 and Children and Seniors £6.Ring and book your place fi rst on 01483 414938

Sign Language Introductory WorkshopBroadwater Park Community Centre11am-12 noon

Fun activities and games to introduce fi ngerspelling and basic signs. Get to know more about the language and effective communication.

Email [email protected]

Five-day Kids’ Canoe CourseGo Godalming Youth Canoe ClubThe Wharf, Godalming (opposite Sainsbury’s)5.30pm-7.30pm Monday 3rd to Friday 7th AugustA 5-day course to teach children aged 10-14 the basics of canoeing. The cost is £30 payable on day one (please note you will be signing up for all 5 days). Limited to 16 places, fi rst come, fi rst served. You must be able to swim 15m. Book your place by contacting Pete Harris on 07505 558399Email [email protected]

Sign Language Introductory Workshop

Horse-drawn River Trip


Purple ZumbaBroadwater Park Community Centre10.30am-11.30amA fun daytime Zumba class: one hour of fi tness dance with options to work at your level of fi tness, fun latin music with some modern twists! Please bring a bottle of water. You will need to book your place as numbers are limited due to space. Min 16 years.

Email [email protected]/purplezumba

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Learn to Make Eton MessBel & The Dragon, Godalming9.30am-11amLearn to make the classic Bel & The Dragon Eton Mess; one of Britain’s favourite summer puddings. Due to a limited number of spaces pre-booking is essential. We ask that parents kindly accompany and supervise their children for the duration. Aprons will not be provided so please dress your children appropriately and bring a container if you wish to take your creation home with you. Ages 7-11 years.

Tel: 01483 527333manager@belandthedragon-godalming.co.ukwww.belandthedragon-godalming.co.uk

* Splash Time at Charterhouse Club* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse Club* Free Swim at Godalming Leisure Centre* Pure Hot Yoga offersSee Saturday 1st August for details

* Get Golfi ng at Milford Golf ClubSee Tuesday 4th August for details

* Splash Time at Charterhouse Club

Free TennisGodalming Lawn Tennis Club, Summers Road3rd August-8th August

Adults are welcome to turn up and play at any of the regular club sessions during Staycation period (see Club Sessions page of website), please email beforehand. The sessions take place in all weather, unless heavy rain. Tennis balls provided, players need to bring their own raquets and wear suitable sports clothing including tennis shoes.

Email [email protected] days and times please go towww.godalmingtennis.co.uk/club-sessions

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An Introduction to BowlingHolloway Hill Bowling Club, Recreation Ground Access via Grosvenor Road or Busbridge Lane 2pm-5pmBowls will be provided, participants should wear fl at soled shoes/trainers. All ages (juniors must have parental/carer supervision).

www.hollowayhillbowlingclub.net63.net

* Splash Time at Charterhouse Club* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse Club* Free Swim at Godalming Leisure Centre* Pure Hot Yoga offersSee Saturday 1st August for details

* Learn to Make Eton Mess at Bel & the Dragon* An Introduction to Handbell Ringing* Free Tennis at Godalming Lawn Tennis ClubSee Monday 3rd August for details

Try a Brass InstrumentThe Bandstand, Phillips Memorial Park2pm-4pm

Do you have a sneaking ambition to play the trumpet? Godalming Youth Band invites you to come and have a go - try a range of brass instruments, meet members of the band and learn more about Godalming’s very own youth band. Free, no need to book, just turn up.

Telephone 01483 428701Contact [email protected]

See Monday 3rd August for details

Try a Brass Instrument

Get Golfi ng!Milford Golf ClubRuns 3rd August-9th August

Special Staycation Offer:* Half house golf lessons for £15 for up to 4 people* 18 holes of golf for £20 per person after 12 noon* Unlimited practise range balls for £3.50 per person per day

Contact Simon BellTel: 01483 419200Email: [email protected]

An Introduction to Handbell RingingThe Lammas Bell Ringers, The Octagon, Ss Peter & Paul Church10.30am-11.30am

A hands-on experience on how to ring handbells alongside other interested participants during a morning session for about an hour. All equipment is provided. This event is free, just come along in casual clothing and enjoy making music together. 20-25 participants per session. First come, fi rst served.

Contact Peter Davies on 01483 416177Email [email protected]

Free Football TrainingKickstart Coaching UK/Milford Pumas FCRodborough Technology College9am-12.30pmFootball training in a fun and safe environment including skills training and fun games; bring football boots/appropriate footwear for grass, shin pads, rain jacket, water and snacks. 4-9 years.

Phone to book your place on 07824 833307www.kickstart-coaching-uk.com

Free Football Training

Junior & Walking NetballBroadwater Park Community CentreJunior netball 2pm-3pmWalking netball 3pm-4pmJunior netball, an introduction to throwing and catching. 5 years and upwards. Walking netball for anyone who, for whatever reason, is unable to run - any age. All equipment provided.

Contact [email protected] or [email protected] 07889 462604

Junior & Walking Netball

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Find out how to DowseThe Bury’s FieldsThroughout the day from 10am-4pmThis ancient art of discovery can be done by just about anyone once you know how. Drop by our stand any time between 10am and 4pm to learn how to improvise dowsing tools and how to use them. All materials provided.

Contact Michael Haxeltine on 01252 541639 [email protected]

A Wey with Wool ExhibitionGodalming Museum4th-29th August, 10am-5pmWilliam Paine came to Godalming in 1907 and established the knitwear company, one of the town’s biggest employers over the 20th century. This exhibition brings together memories of working for Paines, fi lm, photographs and even a working knitting machine. There will be drop-in wild and woolly craft activities whenever you visit and some special knitting workshop days, as well as the museum’s usual range of hands-on activities and trails for all ages.

www.godalmingmuseum.org.uk

Sing “O” LingoBroadwater Park Community CentreFrench 9.30am-10.20am, Spanish 10.30am-11.20am

French and Spanish experiences are 45-min sessions of language learning through song, dance and fun visual props. Babies to 4 years old.

Laugh & LearnBroadwater Park Community Centre11.30am-12.20pmLaugh and Learn in English for the older toddlers is a 45-min session split into 3 fun sections LEARN MAKE and PLAY covering everything you want to know about colours, shapes and numbers. 2.5 to 4.5 years old.


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Ladywell Convent Open AfternoonAshstead Lane, Godalming, 2pm-4pmMeet our Sisters, tour the house and grounds and enjoy cream teas. Visit our artist in residence, Mark Weighton, in his studio and see some of his work.Contact Sister Anne at [email protected]

Ladywell Convent Open Afternoon

Badminton SocialCharterhouse Club, Duke’s Drive GU7 2RS6.30pm-7.30pm

Only £1.50 per visit (usually £3). Please book in advance on 01483 239600.


Pilates Taster SessionBroadwater Community Centre10am-11am

Auriol Thorne Pilates. Try the class free for one hour,

Tel 07747 868819between 10am and 4pm to learn how to improvise dowsing

Falconry DisplaySecretts Farm Shop & PYO, MilfordAll daywww.secretts.co.uk

Pilates Taster Session

Free Croquet Taster DayBroadwater Sports Club, 2pm-4pm

Come and play croquet. No experience is necessary and experienced members will be on hand to introduce you to the sport and share their skills and enthusiasm. We can play up to 32 players so there will be every opportunity to pick up a mallet and play a game or two. All equipment is provided, no special clothes are needed but we do insist that you wear soft soled fl at shoes. Visit our website to fi nd out more.www.guildfordandgodalmingcroquetclub.co.uk

Free Croquet Taster Day

Find out how to Dowse

In the footsteps of Jack Phillips - Hero of the TitanicPhillips Memorial Park at 10amA 2.5 mile stroll around Godalming and Farncombe on hard paths, looking at placesconnected with the life of Jack Phillips, Chief Telegraphic Offi cer on the ill-fated RMS Titanic.The walk ends at Godalming Museum with its excellent tea and coffee (charge), and anopportunity to view the Jack Phillips display.

Contact Waverley Parks Team on 01483 523394

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Trees and Riverside PlantsGreening Godalming10am-11am

A walk around the Phillips Memorial Park to look at the types of trees growing there and the plants along the river. Wear suitable clothing. Suitable for all ages (young children must be supervised due to close proximity to the river). Meet outside the Citizen’s Advice Bureau in Bridge Street, opposite Waitrose.

Contact Alan Hamilon on 01483 414597www.greeninggodalming.org

“Showstoppers” Children’s Holiday ClubGodalming Baptist Church, Queen Street9.30am-12.30pm, 5th-7th August

£5 for all three mornings. 5-11 years.

Contact Catherine Lawton on 07973 927233 www.godalmingbaptistchurch.org.uk

Free Karate LessonBorough HallChildrens 6pm-7pm; Teens and Adults 7pm-9pmTry your fi rst Karate lesson for free with Godalming Karate Club. Drop in and meet the Sensei for your free introduction.Call 01252 723642 or email [email protected]

Peace and QuietQuaker Meeting House, Mill Lane11.30am-1.30pmYou are invited for a peaceful time and a cup of tea in the walled garden at the Quaker Meeting House, Mill Lane. All welcome. Indoors if wet.

www.godalmingquakers.org

“Showstoppers” Children’s Holiday Club

www.premierkaratedowadokai.com

Running Taster Session for AdultsWaverley Harriers, meet at Farncombe Day Centre7pm-8pm

Would you like to start running? Come along to our taster session, designed for complete beginners. For more details email [email protected] with C25k in the subject line. If you’re already running and want to try out the club before deciding to become a member, join us for a taster session anytime of the year. We welcome new members. See our website for more details.

www.waverleyharriers.co.uk

Stories and RhymesGodalming LibraryEvery Wednesday, 11am-11.30am

For the under 5s.

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Godalming Rock ChoirBroadwater Park Community Centre, 7pm-8.30pmFree taster workshop.


Godalming Rock Choir

Canoe and Kayak on the River WeyLocation will be at GDSCC hut on river behind Homebase6.30pm-8pm (2 x 45-min sessions)

Supervised canoe and kayak try-outs for beginners on the River Wey. Must be prepared to get wet, with clothing to suit. Please bring towel and dry clothing for after (no changing facilities). 8 years and over, must be fl exible and able to get into/out of the boats.

Contact Simon Beresford on 07506 733781www.godalmingscouts.org.uk/index.php/aboutus/11-district-info

Trees and Riverside Plants

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Tai ChiBroadwater Park Community Centre2.30pm-4pmImprove your quality of life by learning the fundamentals of good breathing, posture and movement. This sessions outlines easy-to-learn, practical ways to improve your physical and mental wellbeing with exercises that are both therapeutic and powerful. All ages and abilities, seniors especially welcome. Refreshments provided.


Running Taster Session for Adults


Location will be at GDSCC hut on river behind Homebase

* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse Club* Free Swim at Godalming Leisure Centre* Pure Hot Yoga offersSee Saturday 1st August for details

* Free Tennis at Godalming Lawn Tennis ClubSee Monday 3rd August for details

* Free Football Training with Kickstart Coaching UK/Milford Pumas FC* Get Golfi ng at Milford Golf ClubSee Tuesday 4th August for details

www.greeninggodalming.org

* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse Club


Weight WatchersMilford Infant School, Church Road6.30pm-7.30pmCome for a free “Weigh-In” and receive a free goody bag. 16+

Telephone 07879 420596 Email [email protected]

Just Jhoom!! Bollywood inspired dance workshop!Broadwater Park Community Centre2pm-3pmA fun, high energy, vibrant session for the whole family to get involved.

Email [email protected] or call 07717 575955.

Bingo!Denningberg Centre, Bridge Street, 1.30pm-3pmCome and enjoy a game of bingo, meet and make some new friends and maybe win a prize. 55+.Tel: 01483 422027

Just Jhoom!! Bollywood inspired dance workshop!Just Jhoom!! Bollywood inspired dance workshop!

Weight Watchers

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Just Jhoom!! Bollywood inspired dance workshop!Just Jhoom!! Bollywood inspired dance workshop!

* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse Club* Free Swim at Godalming Leisure Centre* Pure Hot Yoga offersSee Saturday 1st August for details

* Get Golfi ng at Milford Golf Club* Free Tennis at Godalming Lawn Tennis ClubSee Monday 3rd August for details


Trees and Riverside PlantsGreening Godalming10am-11am

A walk around the Phillips Memorial Park to look at the types of trees growing there and the plants along the river. Wear suitable clothing. Suitable for all ages (young children must be supervised due to close proximity to the river). Meet outside the Citizen’s Advice Bureau in Bridge Street, opposite Waitrose.

Contact Alan Hamilon on 01483 414597Email [email protected] www.greeninggodalming.org

Trees and Riverside Plants

Email [email protected] or call 07717 575955.Email [email protected] or call 07717 575955.

Let’s Make Decorated SushiBroadwater Park Community Centre12.45pm-1.30pmWatch and learn how to form sushi with a peach fl ower blooming beautifully within, with Satomi Mizuno-Lewis. 45-min instruction with fun. A long sushi roll will be cut into 4 pieces so please bring a container for packing your sushi and an apron if you have one. Donation to cover ingredients. All ages, children to attend with a responsible adult.

Contact Satomi to book on 07508 313163Email [email protected]

Footballing MorningGodalming Town Football Club, Wey Court, Meadrow 9am-12.30pm A fun event for boys and girls 5-12 years to receive coaching from our own coaching staff and a behind the scenes tour. We encourage all abilities to join us at this ever popular event. Each participant will receive a certifi cate.Please email your details to Kevin Marshall [email protected] to reserve a place.www.godalmingtownfc.co.uk

Cedars Active Fitness SessionsCharterhouse Club, Duke’s Drive GU7 2RS, 10am-1pmCedars Active is aimed at helping you keep fi t and socialise in a safe and friendly environment. Take part in a range of activities including table tennis, short-mat bowls, short tennis, Zumba Gold and badminton. Ages: 50+.Special Staycation Offer: Free Taster Session (usually £4) please book in advance and quote Staycation when booking. Registration form will need to be completed on arrival.Contact Sharon on 01483 239600, email: [email protected] www.charterhouseclub.co.uk

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Make a Broomstick (Besom)Phillips Memorial Park (meet at the Cloisters)2 sessions 10am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4pmHave you ever wondered how witches make their broomsticks or besoms? Come along to a session (maximum 6 people per session, booking essential). Tools, equipment and materials provided and you will walk away with a besom you have made. Attendees MUST be prepared to sign a risk assessment as they will be using VERY sharp hand tools. Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund.

Email [email protected], tel: 07798 825032

’West Surrey: Imagining the landscape before road and rail’Studio at Mila Café, Angel Court, High Street, Godalming7pm-8pm

Free illustrated talk by author David McDowall. David will call on witnesses from the past to describe different facets of man’s use of the land in rural Surrey.

Mila Café is offering a special Staycation price menu before and after the talk see websitewww.cafemilla.co.uk or book on 01483 808569

’West Surrey: Imagining

Canoe and Kayak on the River WeyThe Wharf, Godalming (opposite Sainsbury’s)6.30pm-8pm (2 x 45-min sessions)

Supervised canoe and kayak try-outs for beginners on the River Wey. Must be prepared to get wet, with clothing to suit. Please bring towel and dry clothing for after (no changing facilities). 8 years and over, must be fl exible and able to get into/out of the boats.

Contact Simon Beresford on 07506 733781www.godalmingscouts.org.uk/index.php/aboutus/11-district-info

Email [email protected], tel: 07798 825032

Canoe and Kayak on the River Wey

* Splash Time at Charterhouse ClubSee Saturday 1st August for details


* Trees and Riverside Plants - Greening Godalming* Get Golfi ng at Milford Golf ClubSee Wednesday 5th August for details


See Wednesday 5th August for details

Evening TennisCharterhouse Club, Duke’s Drive GU7 2RS7pm-8pm, 1st-9th August

Daily evening tennis, only £2.50 per visit (usually £5). Please book in advance on 01483 239600.


Make a hazel or birch animalPhillips Memorial Park (meet at the cloisters)10am-4pmCome and put together an animal made of hazel or birch in the park and take your masterpiece home with you. All materials and equipment provided free. Ages: 4 years (with helper) to adult, Should be able to control a small wooden mallet. Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund.


Calling all young brass musiciansThe Bandstand, Phillips Memorial Park2pm-4pmBring your instrument and join Godalming Youth Band for an afternoon of music-making on the bandstand. Any and all brass instruments welcome. Free, no need to book, just turn up.Telephone 01483 428701 Email [email protected].

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* Trees and Riverside Plants - Greening Godalming

Free Swim!Godalming Leisure Centre, Summers Road9.30am-12 noon1st-9th AugustSpecial Staycation Offer:Visit the Leisure Centre for a swim, fi rst 25 places free!

Call reception to reserve your place on 01483 410500

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Pure Hot Yoga2nd fl oor, 79-81 High Street, Godalming50% discount class at 10.30am

Special Staycation Offer:Come along and try out a range of hot and non-heated yoga classes with 50% off in a range of classes. On your fi rst class at the studio please arrive 20 minutes before the start to complete a registration form. Soft stretchy clothing and nothing too loose or heavy, for non-heated classes a couple of layers. Mats and towels can be available. 16-65+


Staycation Children’s FilmBorough Hall, Bridge Street10.30am-12 noon

Check www.waverley.gov.uk/cinema for fi lm title and rating during Staycation week. £3 per ticket

Contact the Box Offi ce on 01483 523004

Staycation Children’s Film

Come along and try out a range of hot and non-heated yoga

* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse ClubSee Saturday 1st August for details


* Get Golfi ng at Milford Golf Club


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Baby Bounce and RhymeGodalming Library11am

Come and enjoy some rhymes and music. (20 tickets available, which will be given out 20mins before the session starts.

StorytimeGodalming Library2.15pm every Friday

Come and join us for a story.

Baby Bounce and Rhyme

A Panto in a DayBroadwater Community Centre9.30am-4.30pmCome along and join the Witley Panto team for a fun-fi lled and action-packed day in our quest to put on a ‘Panto in a Day’. The production will be announced when we arrive at 9.30am. We will then have just 6 hours to cast the roles, learn the songs and dances, rehearse the script and get into costume before we put on our fi nal performance for friends and family members at 3.45pm. If performing is not your thing but are interested in what goes on behind-the-scenes, why not come and help out our backstage crews who will be painting scenery, making props and sewing costumes. Everyone can try out as much or as little as they want! All that we ask is you provide a packed lunch and some comfy clothes you don’t mind getting mucky! Minimumm age is 9 years.

Contact Dale Barrell on 07903 640306Email [email protected]

Broadwater Community CentreBroadwater Community Centre

Peace and QuietQuaker Meeting House, Mill Lane3pm-5pmYou are invited for a peaceful time and a cup of tea in the walled garden at the Quaker Meeting House, Mill Lane. All welcome. Indoors if wet.

www.godalmingquakers.org

Peace and Quiet Pure Hot Yoga2nd fl oor, 79-81 High Street, Godalming

Special Staycation Offer:Come along and try out a range of hot and non-heated yoga classes with 50% off a hot class at 5pm. See Saturday 1st August for more details.


Free Swim!Godalming Leisure Centre, Summers Road9.30am-12 noon1st-9th AugustSpecial Staycation Offer:Visit the Leisure Centre for a swim, fi rst 25 places free! Call reception to reserve your place on 01483 410500Email: [email protected]

* Get Golfi ng at Milford Golf Club

Free Swim!

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Slimming WorldOctagon, Ss Peter and Paul’s Church9.30am

Join and discover a world of difference.

Special Staycation Offer:Visit any of the Slimming World Groups at Farncombe, Milford or Godalming and get your fi rst week free.

Contact Gemma on 07808 711409

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STAYCATION FARNCOMBE FAMILY FETECanon Bowring’s Field, Lower Manor Road, Farncombe12 noon-5pm

Hog roast

Music

Sing “O” Lingo with SabrinaPunch & Judy

Tea tent

Children’s ridesSide shows

Meet the fi refi ghterssubject to availability

Entertainment

Come and try angling!Marsh Farm, Station Lane, Milford GU8 5AE9am-12 noon

This is a taster day for anyone who would like to give fi shing a go. Bait and tackle are provided by the club as are all licences and permits. Bring sensible clothing for being outside (check the weather). More advanced coaching also on offer on the day. Ages 5-15.

Email info@godalminganglingsociety.co.ukwww.godalminganglingsociety.co.uk

Woodland Crafts and FunPhillips Memorial Park near the bandstand10.30am-1pm

The Wild Learning Bell Tent will be erected on the Phillips Memorial Park and will be offering free ‘woodland’ crafts to children (and adults). Depending on what is brought from the woods, make Dream Catchers, Gods Eyes, Forest Bling, Stick Men - maybe some fi re lighting but lots of lovely stuff to do. Ages 4-104, parents need to stay with children. Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund.


Woodland Crafts and Fun

Splash TimeCharterhouse Club, Duke’s Drive GU7 2RS3pm-5pm

Test the water at Charterhouse Club’s 25m swimming pool. Lane ropes out, giant fl oats, happy splashing for children and adults.Special Staycation Offer:Non-members’ charge £2 per person per swim (please arrive early for session to fi ll in brief registration form). For the safety and comfort of all swimmers, please adhere to all instructions from lifeguards and pool notices - see website timetable for more information. Please quote Staycation when booking. One adult may bring a max of two under 8s.


Pony rides


Godalming Town Council would like to thank the following for their help in putting on Staycation 2015:Alan Hamilton, Alex Swainson and Guildford Tai Chi Club, Ann Hayward, Anne Collingridge, Auriol Thorne Pilates, Bel & the Dragon, Café Mila, Cedars Active, Charterhouse Club, Chef Ronnie, Chris Letchford, Churches Together, David McDowall, Farncombe Fun Zone, Go Godalming Association, Go Godalming Youth Canoe Club, Godalming & Farncombe Bowling Club, Godalming Angling Society, Godalming Baptist Church, Godalming Butchers, Godalming District Scout Canoe Club, Godalming Jazz Choir, Godalming Karate Club, Godalming Lawn Tennis Club, Godalming Leisure Centre, Godalming Library, Godalming Museum, Godalming Photographic Club, Godalming Quakers, Godalming Town Football Club, Godalming Youth Band, Greening Godalming, Guildford & Godalming Croquet Club, Heritage Lottery Fund, Holloway Hill Bowling Club, Jane Thomson, Jane Upward and Kumon, Jenny Roberts and Godalming Packet Boat, Janet and Peter Davies, John Richardson, Karen Muir and Purple Zumba, Kevin Marshall, Kickstart Coaching, Kim O’Neil and Rodborough School, Len Deeley, Milford Golf Club, NCT Godalming and Cranleigh, Nick Baxter, Nutridance and Heidi Harris, Paint Modern, Pete Harris, Phoebe Gaydon, Pure Hot Yoga, Sabrina Bazeley Singolingo, Satomi Mizuno-Lewis, Secretts Farm, Shaun Mooney and Milford Pumas, Slimming World, The Denningberg Centre, The Lammas Bell Ringers, The Sisters and all at Ladywell Convent, Tom George & Godalming Rock Choir, Waitrose, Waverley Borough Council, Waverley Dowsers, Waverley Harriers, Waverley Vipers Netball Club, Weightwatchers, West Surrey Lawn Tennis Club, Wild Learning and Witley Pantomime Company.Apologies to anyone we may have forgotten!

Godalming Town CouncilMunicipal Buildings, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1HTTel: 01483 523575 Fax: 01483 523077E-Mail: offi [email protected] Web: www.godalming-tc.gov.uk

Town Clerk: Louise Goodfellow Projects Co-ordinator: Suzie Gortler

Thank you...All events accurate at the time of going to print. For changes and up-to-date information,

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Music in the ParkThe Bandstand, Phillips Memorial Park3pm

VantagePoint ConcertCryin’ Out LoudAll concerts are free. Why not bring your own garden chairs and a picnic. The concerts are every Sunday on the bandstand in the Phillips Memorial Park by the river. In the event of very wet weather, concerts will be held in the nearby Godalming Parish Church

Music in the Park

Fun at the Farncombe Fun ZoneThe Warehouse, Warren Road, Farncombe11am-5pmDive into the sea of multicoloured balls…dodge and weave your way through the hanging tentacles and squeeze past the rapid rollers! You can walk the plank and hide away in the giant orange tunnel, climb the squashy slopes to the wavy bridge and bounce through the red ball city. Speed down the slippery slide and start your own adventure at the Farncombe Fun Zone.

Special Staycation Offer: Pay for one child, second goes free for a 2-hour play session, fi rst come fi rst served

Tel: 01483 861666Web: www.farncombefunzone.co.uk

Fun at the Farncombe Fun Zone

Calling all photographersNewlands Corner (meet in car park), Shere, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8JE9am-12 noon and 2pm-5pm

Photoshoot with technique guidance for photographers who may wish to develop their skills. Provide own camera - wear clothing dependent on weather. Over 18s.

Email Len Deeley at [email protected] www.imagine-photography.co.uk

Calling all photographers

* Evening Tennis at Charterhouse Club* Free Swim at Godalming Leisure Centre* Pure Hot Yoga offers* Splash Time at Charterhouse ClubSee Saturday 1st August for details

* Get Golfi ng at Milford Golf ClubSee Wednesday 5th August for details


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please email either library on [email protected] or [email protected] or ring 0300 200 1001. Godalming library is closed for a refurbishment but can sti ll take expressions of interest.

This year celebrates the 90th anniversary of Sir Malcolm Campbell achieving a new world land speed record of 150mph at Pendine Sands, South Wales, in his 350hp Sunbeam. Ninety years to the day, the Nati onal Motor Museum, Beaulieu, is marking the occasion with a commemorati ve low-speed demonstrati on run with the Sunbeam, back at Pendine Sands. The run will take place at 4pm on 21st July, starti ng from the area of the beach adjacent to the Pendine Museum of Speed. The car will be driven by Sir Malcolm’s grandson, Don Wales, himself a land speed record holder. In additi on to performing the run, he and the museum team will be aiming to recreate two iconic pictures from the original run. What an historic day this will be and full credit to Lord Montagu and The Nati onal Motor Museum for saving this iconic car.

Cranleigh Decorati ve & Fine Arts Society (DFAS) invites you to join them for a lecture on ‘John Constable and the making of Masterpieces’ by Dr Susan Owens. The lecture is connected to an exhibiti on at the V&A, which began in September 2014. Through Constable’s art we are invited to see what signifi es a masterpiece. The lecture will be held at Cranleigh Arts Centre on Wednesday 22nd July at 2pm and 7.30pm. Cranleigh DFAS meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month, except August and December, at Cranleigh Arts

Centre, to promote knowledge and appreciati on of the arts through lectures and visits. Informati on about membership is available on their website: www.cranleighdfas.org. Guests are welcome and a voluntary donati on of £5 is suggested.

There is a Bridge Lunch on Thursday 23rd July 2015 in aid of Shooti ng Star Chase. It takes place at Cross Farm Barn, Shackleford GU8 6AH at 10.30am for coff ee and cake, 11am-3pm for Bridge. Tickets £20 per person (to include coff ee, lunch with a glass of wine, prizes) Please bring your own tables, cards, pencils and lunch tablecloths. Tickets and enquiries to Louise Healy, tel: 01483 898539 or email: louise.healy605@bti nternet.com.

The Garden Show returns to Loseley Park, Guildford from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July, open 10am to 5pm. There will be a brilliant collecti on of specialist nurseries with the growers on hand to help you choose the right plants for your soil and the best environment for them to fl ourish. Entry is £7 adults, £5 seniors, £3 children, free for 4 and under. Take along a copy of VantagePoint and get £1 off ! (one advert per person).You can get ti ckets at the gate and entry includes a visit to the lovely walled gardens. Unfortunately, no dogs. More informati on at www.thegardenshowonline.com or call 01243 538456.

Milford Horti cultural Society’s next meeti ng is at 8pm on Tuesday 28th July at Milford Village Hall. Cherrill Sands, a Garden Historian, will be giving them an informati ve and

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Squire’s Garden Centre in Milford is brilliantly proacti ve when it comes to thinking of things for the children to do during the summer holidays. They have devised a ‘Create & Grow’ programme for children and their families which runs from Monday 27th July to Sunday 26th August every Monday and Wednesday from 10am-4pm. Children can take part in the following acti viti es: 27th and 29th July – ‘Paint a terracott a fi sh money box’ (£5); 3rd and 5th August – ‘Plant a butt erfl y-friendly hedgehog basket’ (£5.50); 10th and 12th August – ‘Paint a pair of pebble animals’ (£3); 17th and 19th August –‘ Plant and decorate a strawberry pot’ (£5.50) and 24th and 26th August – ‘Create three fun Plant Pals in a pot with cress seeds’ (£5). Plus there are FREE acti viti es every Monday and Wednesday including Vegetable Maze, Spot the Diff erence, Wildlife & Nature Word Search, Colouring Competi ti on, Wildlife Hunt. Squire’s have 15 garden centres in the south east - the centres in VantagePoint’s catchment area are Milford, Badshot Lea, Cobham, West Horsley and Woking (acti viti es run on Mondays only at Cobham, West Horsley and Woking).

Charterhouse Club is set to launch an Instagram fi tness photo competi ti on in partnership with VantagePoint on 1st August. The local health and fi tness club has taken social media to a whole new level and is developing a special Instagram website. Once the competi ti on site is live in August all you will need to do is take a photo of yourself, friends or family keeping fi t, share it with a unique hashtag and you could win some great fi tness experiences including a year’s membership. Whether it’s walking the dog, practi sing yoga in the park, playing outdoors with the kids, or running with friends, they will be encouraging you to share your fi tness photos on the competi ti on gallery. Staff at Charterhouse Club will be selecti ng their favourite photos and if they like your snaps you’ll be in with a chance of winning prizes! More details about the Instagram fi tness photo competi ti on and how you can enter will feature in the next editi on of VantagePoint.

The Loxwood Joust is the UK’s premiere mediaeval fun day out taking place at the enchanted Loxwood Meadow on the 1st-2nd and 8th-9th August. Each day from 10am to 6pm, the Loxwood Joust’s unrivalled programme of mediaeval revelry guarantees a day out like no other. A fast-paced, all acti on jousti ng tournament will amaze and astound whilst daring displays of weaponry, archery and cannon fi re will enthral as fully armoured knights prepare to meet in a thunderous batt le. Try your hand at archery, sup fi ne ales and dine on local organic fayre while the litt le ones can enjoy their very own Children’s Kingdom – a festi val within a festi val where the Mediaeval Groat is


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Many of us have those small collecti ons of old coins, collected or inherited over the years and tucked away in a drawer. Have you ever wondered how much they are worth?

Our local numismati c expert is Malcolm Ellis. He says ‘conditi on is the key to value’ Old worn coins dug up in the garden rarely have any monetary value whereas a small cache, inherited from Great Aunt Maud can oft en be worth a surprising amount, parti cularly if the coins are gold and/or in choice conditi on. Malcolm has

been dealing in coins for over 50 years, ever since he started in a shop in West Street, Farnham, moving to Godalming and Haslemere before eventually sett ling in Witley.

He fi nds war medals fascinati ng too, especially when supported by historic documentati on. Another favourite are the hammered coins of Elizabeth I and Charles I. Malcolm says ‘It’s amazing what has survived through the ages considering our turbulent history. Maybe you’ve got some numismati c treasure in YOUR atti c?

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...for the lovers of local food and drinkgastrWisteria Tea Room, Loseley

The magnifi cent Wisteria that spans the entrance to the walled garden at Loseley Park also gives its name to the lovely tea room. The delicious and

seasonal menu of the Wisteria Tea Room includes home-made quiche, open sandwiches, children’s menu, traditi onal cream teas and the indulgent Champagne aft ernoon tea. For the summer there is an anti pasti board of cold meats, olives, cheese and baker’s bread. Entrance to the Wisteria Tea room is free, normal entrance fee applies for a visit to the two and a half acre walled garden, and the house.For more informati on visit www.loseleypark.co.uk.

For a chance to win a complimentary cream tea for two (we have four pairs to give away), please answer the following questi on: Where is the Wisteria Tea Room? Please enter online at www.vantagepointmag.co.uk by 31st July 2015.

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the vineyard is starti ng to look beauti ful again as the new shoots reach for the light. Over the last week they have received three

awards for their second vintage released, the 2011 Blanc de Blancs. They gained a Bronze, in both the Sommelier Wine Awards and Decanter World Wine Awards and, even bett er a Silver Outstanding in the

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Refreshing Summer Menuat the Woolpack in ElsteadYes you will fi nd the traditi onal hearty staples in this 17th century village pub restaurant, but this summer Italian owners Gina and Gabi have developed a menu which features some refreshing seasonal alternati ves. Try the Summer Fruit and Mozzarella Salad drizzled with vinaigrett e and fresh basil, or perhaps, for a taste of something from their home country, the Salti mbocca alla Romana. Take a look at the new menu at www.woolpackelstead.co.uk.

Artists’ Village Tea ShopThe Tea Shop at Watt s Gallery in Compton off ers a fresh, seasonal menu. Go and try their summer menu or the famous Welsh Rarebit made with our secret reciepe. The Tea Shop also off ers a selecti on of home-made seasonal soups and sandwiches, alongside a sumptuous selecti on of cakes and mouth-watering creams teas. For more informati on visit www.watt sgallery.org.uk.

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GUTS MOTOR TOUR 2015Come and join the four wheeled fun on 6th September

The 12th annual GUTS Motor Tour takes place this year on 6th September and will be visiti ng Cowdray Park and fi nishing at the Weald & Downland Museum near Chichester. The tour usually comprises up to 60 veteran, vintage and classic cars and it will travel around 50-60 miles through lovely countryside with a fi endish picture quiz to keep entrants on their toes.

The reason they do this, apart from the joy of driving fabulous cars through beauti ful countryside alongside like minded enthu-siasts, is to raise money for GUTS (Guildford Undetected Tumour Screening). GUTS was founded in 1983 and initi ated one of the fi rst bowel cancer mass screening programmes in the UK, reach-ing 20,000 pati ents from GP practi ces in the Guildford area in its fi rst year. Since then GUTS funding has been pivotal both in re-search to advance screening and detecti on, and in improving the care, treatment and outcomes for pati ents from across the south of England. Their screening programme has sent out over 50,000 blood testi ng kits across southern England, and GUTS-funded

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Since the motor tour was fi rst started by Sarah Grillo, it has raised over £30,000 for GUTS. The tour raised over £2,000 last year thanks to en-trants and companies who helped donate raffl e prizes. These included Swain & Jones, Mercure Burford Bridge Hotel, Silver Mist Leisure, Bel & the Dragon, Grayshott Spa, Forest Foragers, GLive and Champneys.

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Godalming Unitarian Chapel in Meadrow, GU7 3JB, run ‘Creati vity for Well-being’ days and the next retreat day is on Saturday 1st August from 10.30am to 4pm. The idea is to bring the joy of art and music, creati ve expression, mindfulness and well-being to the local community and have previously provided sessions for pati ents going through cancer treatment. You don’t need to have any experience in art or music; the idea is simply to sit quietly and listen to music being played on the bowed psaltery (an ancient stringed instrument) and at the same ti me freely paint colours shapes and images that come into your mind. Apparently, this is hugely therapeuti c. Philippa Anne Reed is a singer/songwriter who specialises in the bowed psaltery and Jenny Turner is a registered healer and arti st. The cost is £40 to include all art materials and tea and coff ee, but take your own packed lunch. For further details and booking, call Philippa on 07939 246248 or email [email protected].

Local parents looking for a fun day out with the kids are invited to join us for ONE BIG PARTY at the NCT Cheeky Monkeys Tea Party on Saturday 1st August at Godalming United Church on Bridge Road in Godalming! They’ll have Star Kidz Parti es, Professor Adamski and David & Kati e providing entertainment. There will be face painti ng, lucky

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Godalming Museum is holding an exhibition on Alan Paine Ltd (formerly W.F. Paine Ltd), the knitwear manufacturer that was based in Godalming for over 80 years. The museum invites all ex-employees and those associated in any way with Paine’s to the opening of the exhibition, from 2pm- 5pm on Monday 3rd August at the Godalming Museum, 109a High Street. Food and drink will be provided. The exhibition will be open to the general public from Tuesday 4th August through to Saturday 29th August. For the children, there will be lots of wild and woolly summer holiday activities – with a chance to try knitting and weaving and meet some real sheep!

This summer Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) returns with two weeks of acti on-packed drama clubs. In just fi ve days young actors will play, rehearse and stage their own producti on for family and friends. For 12 to 18 year olds the play is ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and the course runs from 3rd-7th August. No experience of Shakespeare or acti ng necessary, just take yourself, heaps of energy (a packed lunch!) and a desire to have fun! Times: Everyday 10am - 4pm, with the fi nal performance on Friday 7th August at 4.15pm. Venue: Onslow Village Hall, Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU2 7QX. Fees: £145 (£100

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After ChelseaWith Beth Otway

Each of the gardens at this year’s Royal Horti cultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show were so diff erent, all of them having a beauty, style, inspirati on and charm of their own. It’s quite incredible how all the plants and materials for the show gardens are brought into the Royal Hospital Grounds at Chelsea; the gardens are then expertly created in just a matt er of weeks. Of course, what is so amazing about being able to bring gardens into the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in this way, is that the gardens can be removed in the same carefully planned way, and they can then be rebuilt elsewhere for many more people to enjoy in the future.

The prett y Runnymede Surrey Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Garden from Surrey County Council and the Runnymede Hotel has now been relocated to The Runnymede-On-Thames Hotel and Spa. It is now a permanent installati on in the hotel grounds, freely available for local residents and the public to visit. This small garden, designed by Patricia Thirion and Janet Honour, celebrates King John sealing the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215.

The Laurent-Perrier Chatsworth Garden won a Gold Medal, together with the top accolade and award of Best In Show. If you didn’t get to see this enchanti ng garden with its charmingly beauti ful naturalisti c planti ng, designed by the acclaimed horti cultural master Dan Pearson, at Chelsea, you’ll have an opportunity next spring when Dan Pearson’s work can be viewed at Chatsworth as part of a regenerati on project of the trout stream and surrounding area.

The Gold Medal winning Morgan Stanley Healthy Citi es Garden, designed by Chris

Beardshaw, was relocated immediately aft er the close of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to its new permanent home of Poplar in East London where it forms the centrepiece of a new community garden, specially designed and created for the local residents as part of the Morgan Stanley Healthy Citi es Initi ati ve.

The Breast Cancer Haven Garden, a Gold Medal winning Arti san Garden, chosen as the Best Arti san Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, has been relocated to the new Haven Centre in Hampshire. This award-winning garden was designed to be a welcoming, peaceful space; a place of retreat and comfort for people aff ected by breast cancer.

Another Gold Medal winning Arti san Garden, A Trugmaker’s Garden, designed by Serena Fremantle and Tina Vallis, celebrates the traditi onal skills of the Sussex trugmakers, who create beauti ful, yet sturdy and resilient, willow and sweet chestnut garden trugs. These long lasti ng, useful baskets are sti ll made by a small number of skilled craft speople in the region today. In this garden the sponsor, Future Climate Info, has provided a sustainable legacy, and many of the plants have been replanted in the garden of a Sussex children’s hospice run by the

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The Brewin Dolphin Garden, The Cloudy Bay Garden, The Royal Bank of Canada Garden, The Telegraph Garden, The Viking Cruises Garden, The Living Legacy Garden, The Evaders Garden, The Sculptor’s Picnic Garden, The Dark Matt er Garden, The Water Stati on Garden and Home – Personal Universe will all be relocated aft er the show.

During the show’s build-up, any surplus plants and materials the exhibitors have left over can be placed in the ‘swap shop’ for others onsite to use. During breakdown, the RHS works with Groundwork London to provide materials for local community projects.

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I was recently bemused by a couple of photos in the newspa-per. One was of an actress named Emma Watson who was hobnobbing with the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The other was of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt posing with the foreign secretary, William Hague. Then, Ms Watson had apparently been appointed UN goodwill ambassador for wom-en as part of the drive against gender inequality, and Ms Jolie had been appointed a UN special envoy in the cam-paign to end sexual violence. For her humanitarian services Ms Jolie was also made an honorary dame.

How do you suppose Ms Watson and Ms Jolie got their jobs? Do you think they an-swered an ad in the paper and just hap-pened to have a few more GCSEs than the other candidates? Neither do I. However, we know how Messrs Ki-Moon and Hague got theirs. Ban Ki-Moon is a career diplomat, having studied at a number of universiti es including Harvard. Wil-liam Hague gained an Oxford fi rst and is the author of biog-raphies of Pitt the Younger (not to be confused with Brad) and William Wilberforce, who campaigned against the slave trade. Hague is also a former leader of the Conservati ve par-ty.

Do you think that Ms Watson and Ms Jolie were appointed to their exalted roles because acti ng gives them some special insight into gender inequality or sexual violence? Neither do I. We are oft en told that actresses over a certain age are the victi ms of gender inequality because there are few good roles for them. Sti ll, the likes of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton and Hel-en Mirren all seem to be earning a crust. So were the two ladies appointed in order to bring the problems of gender

inequality and sexual violence before a wid-er public? This seems unlikely, too. These problems have been dinned into us for many years now, and in any case how does ‘public-

ity’ solve the problem of sexual violence? Most of us regard it as abhorrent, and if we don’t, I doubt wheth-

er Angelina and Brad telling us that it is will make much diff erence.

Let’s stop pretending to be naïve. Given the existence of many highly qualifi ed and infl uenti al politi cians on the one hand, and countless victi ms of gender inequali-

ty and sexual violence on the other, do you think these parti cular women were appoint-ed for any bett er reason than that they’re celebs? Neither do I. It’s the disease of our ti me that we worship celebs even when they’re not celebs for anything very import-ant. The most depressing thing about the photos I saw was not that people who are fa-mous simply as entertainers should be able to hobnob with eminent politi cal fi gures. It was that Ban Ki-moon and William Hague, themselves more substanti al if more modest celebs, should look positi vely thrilled to be snapped alongside a trio of mummers.

Funny old world, isn’t it?

Andrew Crisell, our grumpy old git (GOG), recently made a list of potenti al gripes and was horrifi ed to discover that virtually everything irritated him, the classic symptom of a dreadful old fogey. Here is his latest salvo...

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Nati onal Trust gardens are at their peak during the summer months, with striking colours, scents and relaxing spaces to take in the view. Take some ti me out and enjoy scented rose gardens, striking summer borders and kitchen gardens bursti ng with ornamental fruit and vegetables. Each and every visit to a Nati onal Trust place helps support the charity’s work caring for special places for future generati ons. To menti on a few, there’s Claremont Landscape Garden, near Esher, Hatchlands Park, near Guildford, Polesden Lacey, near Dorking, Ham House and Garden, near Richmond and Winkworth Arboretum, near Godalming. Just ‘Google’ each garden to get more informati on.

Do you have any experience of accounti ng, preferably with some experience of the Charity Commission, and a few hours to spare each month? The League of Friends of Milford Hospital is desperate for someone to assist their treasurer who has been in the role for a very long ti me and needs some help. It’s not onerous; just a few hours a month plus committ ee meeti ngs fi ve ti mes a year with a small friendly committ ee. The League promotes the hospital and raises funds to provide faciliti es and ameniti es for pati ents and staff that the NHS cannot provide. Milford Hospital is a small community elderly rehabilitati on hospital, covering the Waverley and Guildford Districts and is much appreciated by inpati ents and those who att end the Day Rehabilitati on and Care Centre. It plays a vital part in unblocking beds at the Royal Surrey and also has an X-ray facility for local GP referrals. Check them out on www.milfordhospitalleagueoff riends.com. If you would like more informati on, please contact the treasurer, Malcolm Wilson, on 01483 421419.

If you’re thinking of getti ng an allotment, I can tell you that now’s the ti me to put your name down with Farncombe & District Allotments as there may be plots available for 2016, parti cularly in the Farncombe area. For further details, call Margaret Heath on 01483 416098, or e-mail Cindi Lockett on: [email protected].

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Strawberry, Smoked Chicken & Fennel Salad

Sensational strawberriesIt must be summer because Secrett s Pick Your Own (PYO) is now open and the strawberry crop is ready for picking!

The epitome of English summer ti me, fresh strawberries sti ll hold the ti tle of the nati on’s favourite fi eld fruit. And there can be no denying that the very best way to enjoy them is to get out there and pick your own…it’s simply not possible to get them any fresher!

This year a careful planti ng programme of ‘60 day plants’ means that the strawberry crop will conti nue throughout the PYO season unti l mid September. All strawberries are now grown using a tabletop system in polytunnels at Secrett s Farm. The resulti ng benefi ts are that picking need not be aff ected by the odd rainy day and there is no more crouching on the ground…what’s not to like!

Whilst we all enjoy strawberries served simply with a sprinkle of sugar and a dollop of double cream, if you fancy trying something diff erent why not experiment with one of these simple recipes…..

VantagePoint readers can enjoy a discount of £1 off per kilo of strawberries picked at the PYO this summer. Just bring along your copy of the magazine to claim the discount.

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Method• Remove the hulls from the strawberries and crush with a fork to form a rough puree.• Combine the strawberries with the crème fraîche and decant into a freezer proof tub.• Pop in the freezer for around 90 minutes, then whisk thoroughly before returning to the freezer for another 60 minutes. Remove and whisk again and then return to the freezer cover and allow to freeze right through.• Transfer the container to the fridge about 20 minutes before serving to allow the ice cream to soft en slightly.• Serve in cones or sundae dishes with a sprinkle of chopped almonds and pistachios.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Ingredients

500g ripe Secrett s strawberries200g caster sugar500g tub of crème fraîche

• Rinse the fruit and combine with the sugar in a saucepan. Cook gently over a low heat 8-10 minutes unti l the sugar has dissolved and the fruit is slightly soft ened.• Butt er a 1.5 pint pudding basin and line with the bread slices ensuring there are no gaps.• Pour the fruit and most of the juice into the basin on top of the bread (reserving about a cupful of juice).

• Cover the fruit with another slice of bread and then cover with a small plate or saucer. Weigh the plate down with a 3-4lb weight and leave in the fridge overnight.• To serve turn the pudding out onto a serving dish and spoon over the reserved juice.• Serve with an enormous dollop of Cornish clott ed cream!

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along the 5k route, parti cipants are showered in colourful powder paint, symbolising the colour which Phyllis Tuckwell brings to the lives of its pati ents and their relati ves. The event is open to everyone aged fi ve and upwards but, even though the paint is completely harmless, the charity advises that it will be noisy, messy, and may be overwhelming for younger children. The event was launched last year and over 800 people took part, raising an amazing £41,500 for the hospice care charity, which supports pati ents and relati ves facing a serious progressive illness, such as cancer or motor neurone disease. To secure your place now, visit www.pth.org.uk or call 01252 729446.

There is sti ll space available for anyone who would like to take up circle dancing. It’s suitable for men and women of all ages and you don’t need a partner. The dances are internati onal folk dances to beauti ful ethnic music from many diff erent countries such as Greece, Russia, Romania, Israel, Bulgaria and many more. They are done in a circle mostly holding hands and everyone att empts to do the same steps at the same ti me. Lynn Frances is an experienced teacher of 32 years and runs the following classes. Pirrie Hall, Brook on Thursdays in three 10-week terms, 7.30pm-9.30pm. St Catherine’s Hall, Guildford on the third Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm. WI Hall, Hartley Wintney on the second Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm. You can contact Lynn on 01420 474881.

Looking for a job? Cranfold Job Seekers Club has access to thousands, and can help you fi nd a suitable vacancy.

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1. From The Green go south, down the main road to pass the Swan and cross a bridge. Just past Turners Mead turn left , up a footpath. Walk along by back fences and out over a sti le into a fi eld. Stay on the right-hand side to exit over a sti le into woodland. Go up a slope and, at the top, over a sti le and left , around a fi eld edge to another sti le. Re-enter the wood and go down steps to a lake and up to a T juncti on at the edge of a huge fi eld. Follow the path right, through a corridor around the edge of this fi eld. At the far end, cross a sti le and go left and down the drive of ‘Old Pickhurst’, to reach a road.

2. Cross straight over and walk up a side road, High Street Green. Aft er 150 yards and just past the entrance to Follies Farm, take a footpath right. This takes you along the edge of a garden and out onto the Follies Farm drive. Keep go-ing along the drive unti l, as it turns right to the house, conti nuing straight ahead on a grassy path running alongside a wooden bar fence. This path drops down into the trees of Tugley Wood, crosses a small brick bridge and then climbs up to a T juncti on. Turn right, ignoring a right aft er 50 yards and soon aft erwards reach-ing a T juncti on with a wide forestry track.

3. Turn right on this track. Soon, ignore a wide track going down to the right and, aft er it, fol-low the track as it swings left to approach a small rise. Here another track forks off to the right. Take it and walk along it, paralleling a small valley down to your right. Go on, over a cross path and eventually reaching a road. Turn right and walk some 300 yards, passing a few houses, ignoring a fi rst footpath left and passing ‘Warco’ to reach a second footpath left , down the drive to ‘Downlands’. About

Chiddingfold to Ram’s Nest

The walk

This walk takes you through woods and fi elds between Chiddingfold and Ram’s Nest. Chiddingfold became famous for its glass-making - during the reign of Elizabeth I, there were no fewer than 11 glass works on the green. Chiddingfold glass was used in some of the fi nest buildings in the land, including St Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster, and St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

The walk was submitted by Guildford Rambling Club (see guildfordramblingclub.org.uk).

150 yards down here, take a footpath right, over a sti le and into a fi eld.

4. Keep to the right-hand fence and, about 30 yards in, reach a post with yellow arrows pointi ng both ahead and also half-left . Go half-left and exit this fi eld into the next over a sti le next to a gate. The next fi eld is narrow and there is a sti le from it over into a large open area that boasts race horse training tracks. Go straight out across this area towards woods on a slope on the far side and fi nd a sti le taking you left , into them. At the top of the wood another sti le takes you out into a fi eld. Cross it and also another sti le to reach the Sussex Border Path, running along by a hedge. Follow this to the right. Reach a road and go straight across. Enter a large fi eld and stay on the left -hand side of it and the next three fi elds.

5. Go through a gate into a wood. Quickly reach a 3-way signpost at a cross paths. Jink right a couple of yards then left to conti nue straight on. Pass through another gate and go out of the wood into a fi eld. Again, stay on the left -hand side. Partway along is a 2-way signpost. From here you need to head half-right across to

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WALK

DISTANCE: 8.75 miles

OS MAPS: Explorer 133 Haslemere & Petersfi eld

STARTING POINT: The Green at Chiddingfold

REFRESHMENTS: The Mulberry Inn, Petworth RoadChiddingfold GU8 4SS. Tel: 01428 644 460. www.themulberryinn.co.uk.

The Crown Inn, The Green, Chiddingfold GU8 4TXTel: 01428 682255. www.thecrownchiddingfold.com.

The Swan Inn, Petworth Road, ChiddingfoldGU8 4TY. Tel: 1428 684688.www.theswaninnchiddingfold.com.

Top image: Village pond and old Crown Inn, Chiddingfold by Colin Smith

the far right-hand corner but crops may force you to conti nue walking anti -clockwise around to the corner. You may want to think about taking your lunchti me picnic here. Go over a sti le and through a screen of trees then along the left -hand side of a small fi eld and past the left -hand side of a cott age. Emerge on Gostrode Lane. Go left to meet the main Chiddingfold/North-chapel Road next to a petrol stati on that has within it a conve-nience store. The Mulberry pub is about 100 yards along on the left . Ramster and its tea room are along to the right.

6. Aft er lunch, cross the road from the petrol stati on, turn right towards Ramster but then turn left into Killinghurst Lane. An-other picnic opti on is the verge on the right a litt le way up this lane. Walk about ¾ mile between trees along this quiet lane unti l a fi eld appears on the right. At this point a footpath takes you right and along a fi eld edge and then forks right into trees. Keep going for about ½ mile, cross another footpath then a

three plank bridge and climb a slope to a T junc-ti on. Here, go right and walk along in the edge of a wood.

7. Reach a road by the gate to ‘Hollyhurst’ and conti nue on along it to meet Mill Lane and con-ti nue straight ahead. Now, walk along Mill Lane unti l, opposite the Ukrainian Home, taking a footpath left , at fi rst in the drive of a house but then bypassing its garage. Enter a wood, fork right and pass a lake (on your left ). Climb up to emerge on the Downs. At the top, the path meets a T juncti on with a path on which you turn right. Follow this alongside a garden fence, then along a short residenti al road and fi nally drop down to the church at Chiddingfold and through the churchyard to reach the Green.


CAU is a well named restaurant unless you imagine it to be initi als for something like ‘carrots and ugli fruit’, neither of which are on the menu. A sister chain to the Argenti nian Gaucho Grill, you may by now be getti ng more than a hint as to their food specialism. I would suggest vegetarians look away now, for this is a meat lover’s paradise, although even they are accommodated in an enti cing and broad ranging menu with plenty of choices for everyone.

The fi nest of our starters was belly of pork tempura, with succulent chunks of meat entombed within the lightest of batt ers. A far cry from takeaway pork balls of old. The well-fl avoured, sti cky glazed ribs went well with a zingy apple coleslaw but could have profi ted from longer cooking so the meat fell from the bone. Mains, as you would expect, were pure ‘cau’, and from the special-ity cuts. Lomito, which is a fi llet of rump, was excepti on-al. So tender, so succulent, so well fl avoured. Although more expensive, the Asado de Chorizo, a sirloin steak in a paprika, chilli, garlic and parsley marinade, was a touch less successful, perhaps because the marinade somewhat disguised the deliciousness of the meat. That said, it was sti ll fabulous. We were urged to try chimich-urri, an Argenti nian speciality sauce for grilled meats, containing olive oil, chilli, parsley and garlic and

a perfect accompaniment in moderati on. Sides included well cooked thin chips and an extremely moreish truf-fl ed mac and cheese. The onion rings however failed to thrill, needing the lightness of a tempura batt er. Marcus and I literally forced down a pudding purely for the sake of this review, opti ng to share grilled pineapple with rum caramel, coconut sorbet and lime. Very light, and enjoyable and all we could manage – heavier off erings were available. The wine recommendati on was easily dispatched, a Lorca ‘Graffi ti ’ Malbec, which was pleas-antly spiced and very smooth.

CAU is a haven for meat eaters, and those who love steak will not be disappointed. The decor might be a touch too modern for some, some of the prices a bit steep for others (although our steaks could easily have fed two) but our gastronomic experience, together with the extreme friendliness of the staff , made for a very special experience. CAU, 274 High Street, Guildford GU1 3JLT: 01483 459 777 W: www.caurestaurants.com

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including those aff ected by cancer, to discover the joys and health benefi ts of walking. Walks take place in Cranleigh every Wednesday and Saturday at 11am. Meet at Cranleigh Leisure Centre. Both walks tend to be about 2-4 miles. In additi on, there is a 30 minute walk on Thursdays meeti ng at 10.30am at Cranleigh Leisure Centre. In Godalming, on Thursdays at 11am, meet beside the Walks for Health meeti ng post on the Riverside Walk in the Phillips Memorial Park. (Found by taking the entrance path into the park, opposite the Council Offi ces car park (yellow barriers), then turning left along Riverside Walk for about 15 metres). The walk is approx 2 miles. In additi on, there’s a 30 minute walk on the second Thursday of every month. A longer walk, approx 90 minutes, replaces the regular walk on the fi rst Thursday of every month and includes a pub lunch (take money!). Walking for Health wouldn’t exist without their fantasti c volunteer walk leaders who ensure walks are friendly, safe and well run. If you would like to train to be a volunteer leader their next training date is Friday 31st July at Godalming Tennis Pavilion. Contact [email protected] for more informati on.

Godalming Angling Society is best known for providing some of the best coarse fi shing in the country. They’re the nati on’s number one club for specimen crucian carp and the quality of both lake and river fi shing for carp and barbel is excellent. What many people don’t know is that Godalming Angling Society also has fl y fi shing water. Situated in the picturesque grounds of Winkworth Arboretum lies the fi ve acre lake known as Rowes Flash.

Stocked with triploid rainbow and brown trout this venue is a fl y fi sher’s paradise. Fishing is from a boat only, which adds to the magic. There are few thrills in angling that can equal the sight of a large trout homing in on a perfectly cast dry fl y or feeling the savage tug of a hooked fi sh on a slow twitched nymph! You don’t have to travel to Scotland to enjoy the thrill of fl y fi shing. You can discover the joys of fl y fi shing right here in Godalming. To fi nd out more about Winkworth and fl y fi shing in Godalming visit www.godalminganglingsociety.co.uk and look at the Winkworth secti on under ‘our waters’ or ring Malcolm Richardson on 01483 423635.

If you live in or near Cranleigh, you might be interested to know that Cranleigh Parish Council was recently nominated Council of the Week by NALC (Nati onal Associati on of Local Councils). It was described as a fantasti c ‘all-rounder’, adopti ng a proacti ve approach to its wide-ranging work all year round. Cranleigh is a large village and civil parish with a populati on of 11,241 (2011 Census), and is one of the largest parishes in the county. NALC recognised the work of the council, and specifi cally of the clerk Pauline Whitehead, for being one of the country’s most impressive larger councils. Well done indeed! You can read a full report online, just Google ‘NALC Council of the Week’.

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We host regular baby and toddler groups and breast-feeding support sessions in Godalming, Farncombe and Milford. We hold monthly buggy and toddler-friendly Welly Walks and run regular fi rst aid courses providing training in respect of babies and children up to 12 years old.

Our popular twice yearly Nearly New Sales (with clothes from newborn to 12 years old, toys, maternity clothes, books, DVDs, and equipment) are a great way to fi nd a bargain - or to get a bit of cash from selling your pre-loved outgrown items! We also run events throughout the year, including an Easter Egg hunt in Cranleigh, a Cheeky Monkeys tea par-ty during the Godalming Staycati on, our popular Low Bangs Fireworks and Halloween party, and a nati vity/Christmas party.

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takes place on Friday September 4th and includes coach travel from Guildford Rugby Club, with refreshments served at the club prior to departure. The state rooms are furnished with many of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collecti on, including painti ngs by Van Dyck and Canalett o, sculpture by Canova, exquisite pieces of Sèvres porcelain, and some of the fi nest English and French furniture in the world. Tickets are £60 and are available to purchase online at www.gutsfb c.co.uk/events or call the GUTS fundraising offi ce on 01483 408316. All profi ts from the event will support the charity’s work, which aims to improve bowel cancer survival rates through bett er screening and treatment, and by raising awareness of the disease.

On Saturday 12th September Waverley will be holding a special commemorati ve war event at the Burys Field in Godalming to explore how ordinary people living in the towns and villages of West Surrey handled the daily hardships of WWI. This exciti ng and important event will be the fi rst of its kind in Waverley, bringing together a host of local organisati ons to provide an outdoor interacti ve event for all the family. As part of the event, guests are invited to bring along any Great War related documents or artefacts hiding in the atti c and have them examined and recorded by professional historians. A live performance by Charterhouse School and the Surrey Army Cadets will be a highlight of the event, which will also include talks, workshops, children’s acti viti es and refreshments. The event will conclude on the Saturday with an invitati on to att end the Heroes Band Concert at the Bandstand on the Philips Memorial Grounds at 5pm.The event is free but for more informati on visit www.waverley.gov.uk or call

Waverley’s Community Arts Offi cer on 01483 523390. I believe there will be more informati on on this event in the August editi on.

Do you love fl owers, enjoy meeti ng people and want to learn more about fl ower arranging? Godalming Flower Club meet on the third Tuesday of the month at the Bapti st Church in Queen Street Godalming GU71BA. Arrive at 7.0pm for a 7.30pm start. For more informati on contact Linda on 01483 578701 or email [email protected].

I know it seems ages away, but I thought I’d let you know that the world’s most famous Beatles tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles, are returning to G Live in Guildford on Wednesday 23rd March 2016. We went to see them last ti me and they are fantasti c. I gather that you can book ti ckets now; just don’t forget that you booked them come next March!

The editor of VantagePoint, in honour of his French ancestry, belongs to the Godalming Wine Society. This is a very convivial and informal group, set up a few years ago, who meet once a month to talk and taste wine. They also arrange the occasional wine related outi ngs. If you are interested in fi nding out more, please email Mark at [email protected].

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WIN TICKETS TO THE AMAZING THAI FESTIVAL

The 10th Amazing Thailand Festival returns to Secretts in Milford this August Bank Holiday. Secretts transforms into a bustling Thai street market for three days.

Restaurants cook and sell authentic Thai dishes, alongside stalls selling Thai silks, handicrafts, spices, jewellery, wood carvings and much more. Visitors are treated to glittering displays of Thai dancing and exhilarating martial arts demonstrations. All the family can enjoy rides and entertainment, farm animals and children’s art workshops. Proceeds go to the Mudita Trust Charity to help support abused, distressed and underprivileged children.For more information call 01483 661325 or email [email protected] win one of four pairs of tickets, for Saturday 29th August, please answer the following question:Q: Where does the Thai Festival take place?Please enter online at www.vantagepublishing.co.uk by 31st July 2015.

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WIN A FAMILY TICKET TO WINGS AND WHEELS 2015

Please enter online at www.vantagepointmag.co.uk unless otherwise stated.Postal entries can be sent to us at the address given on page three.

Wings & Wheels returns to Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey (home to BBC’s Top Gear) on 29th and 30th August 2015. With fi ve hours of thrilling aviation displays including visitor favourites: the Red Arrows, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Apache Helicopter and Avro Vulcan, it also includes a Wheels Zone of modern day super cars and classic and vintage favourites performing exciting demonstrations and stunts.

Visit the Zones for living history and re-enactment battles, emergency services demonstrations, car displays, music and dancing, laser quest, paintballing, kit-plane demonstrations, aviation and motoring simulators, military outlets, static aircraft, fairground and over 80 retail outlets selling a wide variety of products and gifts. Tickets start from £22. Book now at www.wingsandwheels.net or through See Tickets booking hotline 0871 230 5572 (calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras). To win one of fi ve family tickets please answer the following:Q: Which television show is fi lmed at Dunsfold?Please enter online at www.vantagepointmag.co.uk by 31st July 2015. A family ticket is for two adults and up to three children.

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THE CHILLI FESTIVAL

One of the biggest and most original West Dean Gardens’ Chilli Fiesta has grown from humble beginnings in 1995 to become something of a national treasure. The family-friendly summer festival attracts around 22,000 people who come to enjoy the full three-day programme of LIVE music, food and entertainment,

with many camping in the spectacular grounds of the estate in the heart of the South Downs. Festival-goers will be treated to an anniversary celebration fi reworks display on Saturday. Demand for tickets to the 20th Anniversary Chilli Fiesta will be high, so early booking is advised. www.westdean.org.uk/chilli.‘Like’ and Follow Chilli Fiesta on the West Dean Gardens Facebook page and you will be entered into a prize draw. One lucky winner will win two pairs of tickets* for this year’s Chilli Fiesta. Visit www.facebook.com.*Please note tickets will be for Friday 7 August 2015. Tickets are non-transferrable and no refunds will be given. For full terms & conditions visit www.westdean.org./events. Competition entry ends 23rd July 2015.



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