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BUCKLAND READING ROOM ACTIVITIES
01372 802602
842302 842302
248909
07701 347351
842082 842082
842082
843297
844267
Monday 1 - 4pm Art Group David Burrells
4.15 - 5.15pm Rainbows Jane Stewart 5.30 - 7pm Brownies Jane Stewart
1st/3rd Mons 10am - 12 noon U3A Singing Meike Laurenson
Tuesday 10am - 12 noon Tiny Tots Toddlers Debbie Jones
2 - 5.15pm Tues. Bridge Club Richard Wheen Wednesday 10am - 12.30pm Bridge Class Richard Wheen
Thursday 2 - 5.45pm Thur. Bridge Club Richard Wheen
7 - 8.30pm Yoga Tilly Mitchell
2nd Saturday 1.30 - 5.30pm Sugar Guild Karen Hoad
OTHER VILLAGE CONTACTS
Carole Evans
David Sayce Mandy Creasey
Tamlynne Chapman
Pam Patch
Derek Holgate Jane Siegle
Jean Cooke
Ianthe Cox Sheena Boyce
Emma Gallagher
Margaret Miller
Catriona Martin Jane Stewart
Jane Douglass
Dr Jim Docking
Ken Caldwell John Maud
Liz Vahey
Julian Steed
Sheila Dyer
Rhona Hill
Arts Society, Betchworth
Bell Ringers (practice Friday evenings) Betchworth & Buckland Children’s Nursery
Betchworth & Buckland Society (secretary)
Betchworth Operatic & Dramatic Society
British Legion Brockham Green Horticultural Society
Brockham Surgery/Chemist
Buckland & Betchworth Choral Soc. (secretary)
Buckland Parochial Charity (clerk) Buckland Parish Council (clerk)
Buckland Village Shop
Children’s Society
Family Activities for Betchworth & Buckland Girl Guides contact
North Downs Primary School
One World Group
Reading Room - Chairman - Treasurer
- Secretary
Reigate Pilgrims Cricket Club
St. Catherine’s Hospice Surrey Police - non-urgent
Women’s Institute
01372 452563
242776 843610
842291
844138
842654 844496
843259/842175
245161
843105 448023
845999
842098
07710 498591 842302
843211
843260
843893 843530
221444
842220
842046 101
843044
To book the Reading Room, email [email protected]
(preferred) or phone Stella Cantor on 843335
1 January 2018
January 2018
2 January 2018
SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, BUCKLAND
Rector The Revd. Canon Carol Coslett, The Rectory, Old Reigate Road,
Betchworth RH3 7DE (842102). E-mail: [email protected]
Priest in
Retirement
The Revd. Canon David Eaton, Two Way House, Wheelers Lane,
Brockham RH3 7LA (843915). Email: [email protected]
Reader His Honour Peter Slot, The Red House, Old Reigate Road,
Betchworth RH3 7DR (842010). Email: [email protected]
Church-
wardens
David Sayce, 48 Park Lane East, Reigate RH2 8HR (242776)
(+ Bell Captain). Email: [email protected] Mrs Elizabeth Vahey, 126 Sandcross Lane, Reigate RH2 8HG
(221444) (+ electoral register). Email: [email protected]
Parish
Admin.
Christine Deards, Reading Room, Buckland (845935).
Email: [email protected]
Hon.
Treasurer
Barbara Thomas, Little Perrow, Old Road, Buckland RH3 7DY
(841058). Email: [email protected]
Hon. Sec. Mrs Rosey Davy. Email: [email protected]
Organist Melvin Hughes, Ashcroft, 10 Ridgegate Close, Reigate RH2 0HT
(241355). Email: [email protected]
Safeguarding
Officer
Sally Sayce, 48 Park Lane East, Reigate RH2 8HR (242776).
Email: [email protected]
Junior
Church Reps
Amy Jago (07971 085134). Email: [email protected]. And
Sarah Munro (07771 427378). Email: [email protected]
Magazine
- Editor
Richard Wheen, The Grange, Rectory Lane, Buckland RH3 7BH
(842082). Email: [email protected]
- Finance Bernard Hawkins, 57 Middle Street, Brockham RH3 7JT (843153).
Email: [email protected]
- Advertising Karen Munroe, Broome Perrow, Old Road, Buckland RH3 7DY
(845298). Email: [email protected]
Church
Rotas
Brasses: Sue Haynes (842613). Flowers: Jean Cooke (245161).
Other: Philip Haynes (842613)
Churchyard
Rose Beds
Carol Leeds, Flat 1, 4 Hardwicke Road, Reigate RH2 9AG (247399).
Email: [email protected]
Friends of St.
Mary’s
Roger Daniell, Chairman. Richard Wheen, secretary; details as
above
27 January 2018
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HISTORICAL NOTES
Buckland (then Bochelant) was mentioned in the Domesday Book as a village of 35
households, a church and a watermill. These days it is a picturesque village covering 1362 acres, with a total population of around 580 in 240 households. It straddles the
A25 and the Guildford to Redhill Railway. The parish registers date back to 1560,
and the first recorded vicar to 1308. The present church is thought to have been built
in 1380, and was extensively refurbished in 1860. The church has six bells, still regularly rung, and an unusual wooden spire. Some of the windows date from the
14th and 15th centuries. The window nearest the font suffered heavy damage from an
enemy bomb in 1941. The glass was then removed and lost, until the 600 separate
pieces were rediscovered in the Rectory cellar 52 years later, wrapped in newspaper. The window was restored in 1994, though part of it now forms the light-box at the
West end of the church.
Buckland is in the Diocese of Southwark (Bishop: The Rt. Revd. Christopher Chessun) and the Area of Croydon (Area Bishop: The Rt. Revd. Jonathan Clark).
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January 2018. Issue No. 1102
26 January 2018
Date Flowers Reader/Lesson Sidesman/Procession
7th Jan Jean
Cooke
Catherine
Breakenridge Isaiah 60: 1-6
9.30 Simon Thomas
Catherine & Antonio Breakenridge
Rosey Davy
14th Jan Carol
Leeds
Jean Cooke
Acts 19: 1-7
9.30 Trevor Cooke
Jane England, Rosey Davy & Keith Billington
21st Jan Revelation
19: 6-10
8 David/Sally Sayce
Ann
Adams
28th Jan Liz Vahey
Deuteronomy 18: 15-20
9.30
3pm
Philip Haynes
Pat Evans, Sue Haynes & Tricia Hawke
Trevor Cooke
PUT ON THE KETTLE
Have a coffee. Seriously. It seems that drinking three or four cups of coffee a day
may significantly cut the chances of your early death. There are even health benefits
for those who drink up to seven cups each day.
Recent research by the universities of Edinburgh and Southampton have found that
coffee drinking can be linked with a lower risk of various cancers, and also is
beneficial with conditions including diabetes, gallstones, gout, depression and Parkinson’s disease. The only people coffee does NOT suit are pregnant women.
Overall, there seems to be a 17 per cent reduction in the chances of dying for
someone who drinks three cups of coffee a day, compared to those who drink none.
3 January 2018
Dear Everyone,
When you get to read this Martin and I shall have embarked on a new journey…
across the waters to spend some of the festive season with David and Clara, in their
year of travelling, and also with some of Martin’s family in the US.
I am sure for many of you it is often a relief to have a bit of space after the busyness
of Christmas to relax at home and mull over the past 12 months and the hopes and
possibilities of the year ahead.
Within our church family there will be new changes as The Rectory becomes vacant
and you begin to start the process of discernment to find a priest to succeed and carry
on the ministry in Buckland and Betchworth. During the vacancy time you will be
well cared for by Canon David Eaton for which we are all very grateful, and there will be others from the Reigate Deanery, and the diocese who will visit and assist
with the services. I’m sure you will make them welcome as you did for us. It is a
time to reflect on the ministry that will serve the people in these villages as well as
working to enrich the spiritual lives of those around us in our community and beyond.
During our 10 years with you, I have felt the immense warmth and love of Christ in
this community. We have come a long way together, supporting one another, nurturing new believers and being churches that are ‘welcoming to all’, with a firm
desire to remain viable and a Christian witness to all we serve.
So much goes on in these two villages and it is the community
spirit that makes this all possible. We have shared together lots of joys, but also sad times as well, walking the journey together.
That’s part of what being a priest means to “walk alongside” no
matter what situation one finds oneself in.
The New Year brings us all fresh challenges, it is a time to start
again, to build on what has already begun, and it is a time of
rejoicing for all the opportunities we have and those God Given
January 2018
4 January 2018
Gifts. On 3rd December Peter Slot became Reader Emeritus and he preached to us
his sermon based on John Chapter 6, “There is a Lad here”*. He ended with a challenge to us all to be like the lad that offered his gifts. Christ calls you to use your
gifts for the glory of God. “You see there is a lad here, and that lad is you, isn’t he?”
So go on your new journey, go where the spirit leads, always remaining open to all
new possibilities.
Martin, David, Clara and I thank you for being such loving communities and for all
your support and prayers which we know will go with us as we all journey on.
With Love and Every Blessing to you all this New
Year.
Carol
PS Fudge also barks ‘farewell’ and is going to miss
the common field but hopefully will enjoy some
runs in the Peaks!
PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. Our address from 6th
March will be: 4 Woodnook Close, Ashgate,
Chesterfield S42 7JB. Email:
*You can read the full text of Peter Slot’s sermon on the website: www.stmichaelsbetchworth.net
8th October celebrating ten
years of our Rector Carol’s Ministry, with St Michael’s
churchwardens Hilary Ely
and Linda Slater
GORDON FORREST
I would like to thank all those people who took time to send their condolences and
sympathy to me and my family on the occasion of Gordon’s sudden death on 29th
November 2017. It is a great comfort to us all.
Anne
25 January 2018
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON EARLIER PAGES
This month’s medium SUDOKU Last month’s harder SUDOKU
BRIDGE
South leads a ♠ for a finesse, and North cashes the other ♠ honour. North then leads
a ♣ to South’s ♣K, and South cashes his remaining ♠. If West
discards a ♣ on this, North’s third ♣ becomes good for the sixth trick, so he probably throws ♦Q. In which case South leads his small ♦ to
West’s ♦A and, after winning the ♣ return, North leads his remaining
♦ to ♦K for the sixth trick
5 7 6 8 4 2 3 9 1
1 8 3 6 9 7 4 2 5
9 2 4 5 1 3 7 6 8
8 5 2 4 3 6 9 1 7
6 3 7 1 2 9 8 5 4
4 9 1 7 8 5 2 3 6
2 4 5 9 7 1 6 8 3
3 6 8 2 5 4 1 7 9
7 1 9 3 6 8 5 4 2
6 7 3 8 4 1 9 5 2
5 2 8 9 7 5 6 4 1
1 4 9 2 6 5 3 8 7
3 6 5 7 1 8 2 3 4
8 3 7 4 2 9 5 1 6
4 1 2 3 5 6 8 7 9
2 5 1 6 3 7 4 9 8
7 8 6 5 9 4 1 2 3
3 9 4 1 8 2 7 6 5
CHOOSE BETWEEN CHOCOLATE AND CHEESE
Here is a desperate choice: if you had to give up one for ever, which would it be?
After a great deal of heart-searching, it seems we are split nearly down the middle,
with 50 per cent of us letting chocolate go, and 47 per cent letting cheese go. So – cheese wins! As one senior food analyst explains, ‘Cheese is a menu staple in the
vast majority of homes.’
But although the survey, by Mintel the consumer analysts, found that we love cheese best, that does not mean we don’t love chocolate: in fact, we are buying more of it
each year. This coming year we are forecast to get through nearly half a million tons
of chocolate, and 785 million tons of cheese (most of it cheddar).
24 January 2018
MUSIC IN DORKING - JANUARY
6th at 12.00, lunchtime recital at St Martin’s church, free, 01306 884229
9th 16th 23rd 30th at 8.30, Watermill Jazz at Betchworth Park golf club, £18-21,
07415 815784 13th at 7.30, London Philharmonic Orchestra at Dorking Halls, £15-30, 01306
740619
16th at 7.15, opera screening at Dorking Halls, £18, 01306 881717
22nd at 1.30, opera screening at Dorking Halls, £18, 01306 881717 25th at 7.30, ballet screening at Dorking Halls, £17.50, 01306 881717
27th at 5.55, opera screening at Dorking Halls, £18.50, 01306 881717
Happy new year! The big concert of January is the appearance of the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Dorking Halls. We are very privileged to have an
orchestra of this stature in Dorking, offering a chance to hear superb
music without the cost, time and trouble of travelling to London.
Appearing with the orchestra is the brilliant violinist Chloe Hanslip who will play the wonderful Brahms violin concerto. The other items
on the programme are the sparkling overture to Mozart’s opera The
Marriage of Figaro and Schubert’s ninth symphony, known as the
Great C major. This concert deserves a full house!
There are four screenings at Dorking Halls, three operas and a ballet. From the
Royal Opera House you can see Verdi’s Rigoletto, live on 16th and then in a
recording on 22nd. The tragic story centres on Rigoletto, the hunchback court jester to the Duke of Mantua, and the duke’s seduction of Rigoletto’s daughter. The opera
contains some of Verdi’s best-known music. You can then hear more Verdi with a
live relay of Tosca from the Met in New York. Ballet lovers will enjoy Prokofiev’s
Romeo and Juliet from the Bolshoi ballet in Moscow.
For this month’s lunchtime concert at St Martin’s church,
Oliver and Samuel Hancock will be performing entertaining
songs by Flanders and Swann. And Watermill Jazz has the following line-up of performers: vocalist Liane Carroll (9th),
the Jim Mullen organ trio (16th), Terry Pack’s Trees (23rd),
and the Mark Nightingale/Martin Shaw quintet (30th).
5 January 2018
LENT COURSE WITH DISCUSSION
Easter comes early this year and, with Christmas just passed, we come to the
beginning of Lent in February. During this time, we often have a time of reflection and discussion on a Biblical theme.
It has been suggested that this year, we have a morning group, to be held in St
Michael’s Church new Vestry Room, on Wednesday mornings starting at 11am, with coffee served beforehand.
Dates would be: 14th, 21st and 28th February and 7th, 14th and 21st March, studying a
Pilgrim course. Pilgrim is a resource scheme aiming to help people explore the Christian faith together, through various themes, as yet to be decided.
If you are interested, please contact Margaret Miller on 842098 or
[email protected] or any of the Church Wardens. There will be more information in the February magazine.
With all best wishes to
our readers for a
happy new year
6 January 2018
THE FRIENDS OF
ST. MARY’S
If you have not yet joined the Friends, and would like to do so, or would like more information, please
see the literature in the church or contact one of the
officers (eg Richard Wheen, Secretary, 842082, [email protected]). The
annual subscription is £15 for one person, £30 for a household.
The object of the Friends is to help maintain the fabric and structure of St. Mary’s,
an important focal point at the centre of Buckland and a listed building with 1,000
years of history.
Date St. Mary’s
Buckland
St. Michael’s
Betchworth
7th
January
9.30 Epiphany Parish
Communion
10.45
11
Sunday Club *
Epiphany Parish Communion**
14th
January
9.30 Iona Parish Communion 8
11
Holy Communion
Matins**
21st
January
8
Holy Communion 10.30
5pm
Joint All Age Family Service
Choral Evensong
28th
January
9.30
3pm
Joint Parish
Communion Christian Unity Service
8
11
Holy Communion
Parish Communion * *
* In the Hamilton Room
* * Coffee and soft drinks served in Church after these services. Even if you are just visiting, do please join us
for a convivial get-together
23 January 2018
SUDOKUS
First a medium one. Solution on page 25
And now a harder one. Solution next month
8 3 5 9
9 7 8
9
7 3 2
8 1 2 9
7
7 8 5
3 4
2 6 8
Solution
on p. 25
BRIDGE
South is on lead in a ♠
contract. How can
N/S make 6 tricks against any defence?
NORTH
♠ A Q ♥ -
WEST ♦ 3 2 EAST
♠ K 10 ♣ A 5 2 ♠ -
♥ - ♥ J 9 8
♦ A Q SOUTH ♦ J 9 ♣ Q 10 8 ♠ J 3 2 ♣ J 9
♥ -
♦ K 4
♣ K 3
3 2
5 8
2 6 8
9 5
2 1 6
4 3
1 6 7 4
7 4 1 3
9 8 6 Prayer at Epiphany
Lord of all, Creator of all,
Please shine your light into this
dark world. Reveal yourself
afresh we pray. Bring new sight
and understanding to eyes blinded by commercialism,
materialism, self-seeking and
cynicism.
At the start of this New Year, Lord, soften hearts and give
wisdom, so that many will search
and find you, just as the wise
men searched and found you.
And for we who already know
and love you, Lord, shine on us
that we might reflect your light
and make a difference, day by
day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
22 January 2018
FOR OUR TOMORROWS THEY GAVE THEIR TODAYS A very big thank you to all the people of Buckland and Betchworth who went forth
and braved the inclement weather to sell poppies on behalf of the Royal British
Legion, and to all those who contributed.
The static and door to door collections raised the magnificent
sum of £2,392.89, to which must be added the Remembrance Sunday church collections.
Anybody with a couple of hours to spare next November would
be most welcome to help with the collections. Anthony Daniell
LUNGI SIERRA LEONE It was with great pleasure that on 7th December the Charity received a cheque from
St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s for the sum of £1,000.
Your generous contribution will assist in developing the Blood Bank and in the
building of a new Pre-School for our ever increasing numbers!
2017 has been a year of consolidation for the
Charity with the Laboratory now complete and
the opening of a new Secondary School in
September that uses the existing buildings - the staff are excellent and well chosen, computer
studies have taken off, and soon we hope to
have another container on its way with more
equipment.
The spirit in which the Betchworth Community has given to Lungi Charity is
fantastic, so a very, very Big Thank-you from us and HAPPY HEW YEAR!
Melanie and Richard Evans
7 January 2018
WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The interdenominational movement of the Women’s World Day of
Prayer invites everyone to attend one of over 5,000 services being
held on Friday 2nd March with the title ‘All God’s Creation is Very Good!’ At Christ Church, Brockham we will join an estimated three
million people around the world that day in a service which has been
written this year by the women of Surinam in South America.
Starting in Samoa as the sun rises, and ending as the sun sets off the coast of
American Samoa, the service will have been translated into more than 95 languages
and 1000 dialects as we are reminded that we have responsibilities in caring for this
wonderful world we live in. With its vast rainforest and wealth of resources, Surinam asks us to pray for conservation and the protection of wildlife, through an
awareness of pollution, misuse and abuse, as well as for the situation in Surinam and
concerns for the future.
This is not simply a day of prayer for women, but for everyone who cares about our
world and those who live in it. For details of services in your area and for further
information and resources, please visit the WWDP website: www.wwdp.org.uk
The Service for the Upper Mole Group will be in Christ Church, Brockham at
10.30am. Refreshments Served afterwards. All Welcome.
FROM THE REGISTERS
Baptism 19th November Isaac James King and Johannes
Rissik Van der Byl- Knoefel
(photo on right)
Wedding 3rd December Elizabeth Bourns and
Michael Ellinger, Buckland
Funerals 12th December Eileen Brown who died on 15th November aged 86,
formerly of Tunbridge Wells Hospital. Service in St
Michael’s and Burial in Burial Ground
22nd December Charles Gordon Forrest who died on 29th November aged 89, formerly of Brockham Lane
Burial of 26th November Rex William Harrington who died on 6th June aged
Ashes at 83.
St Michael’s
8 January 2018
January Diary
Page
Thur 4th 7.45pm W.I. Meeting 20
Thur 11th 12.30pm Winter Lunch (RR) 9
Thur
18th
6.45pm Ancestry Road Show 21
7-9pm Farewell party for Rector Carol 8
24th 2.30-4pm Surrey’s Wooded Landscape 19
Wed 2-4pm St Michaels Drop-in Teas 11
FAREWELL PARTY FOR CAROL AND FAMILY
Thursday 18th January 2018, 7.00-9.00pm at St Michael’s Church *
You are cordially invited to come for drinks and refreshments on Thursday 18th January from 7pm, to say farewell to Carol, Martin, David and Clara before their
move to Derbyshire when Carol takes up the post of Archdeacon of Chesterfield.
We look forward very much to seeing you there.
We wish to present a gift to mark ten years as part of our community and to thank
Carol for her ministry. If you would like to make a contribution, please give it to one
of the four Churchwardens before Friday 12th January.
Hilary, David, Linda, Liz
Churchwardens, St Michael’s and St Mary’s
RSVP to one of the Churchwardens, so that we can estimate numbers for catering.
*Those who have the Buckland Reading Room in their diary: please note that the
venue has been changed to St Michael’s Church.
21 January 2018
THE ANCESTRY ROAD SHOW
Thursday, 18th January, 2018, 6.45pm at Betchworth Village Hall. An evening of
discovering how to trace your family tree with help and guidance from experienced genealogists, over supper and wine.
DNA Detective, Julia Bell, will be on hand to advise. Do you have an unknown
parentage mystery in your family? Did you know, now, thanks to the power of DNA, these can be solved without any useable data of any kind?
www.juliabelldna.co.uk
Contact Joan Bird, [email protected] Mobile 0771 866817 or 845989.
BUCKLAND & BETCHWORTH SOCIETY On Friday 24th November the Buckland &
Betchworth Society started the Christmas celebrations with their Annual Dinner at Reigate
Heath Golf Club. Some 60 diners sat down for an
excellent dinner whose merits were displayed by
the few leftovers!
The wine and conversation flowed throughout the
evening and a comment summarised the evening:
“We had a delightful evening with our fellow Society members and
we look forward to our
next Society event”.
The Revd. Carol Coslett said Grace and Fiona Brindley
of the committee thanked everyone for coming and
looked forward to the Society’s next event, Christmas
drinks in the Reading Room on 17th December.
Thanks are due to Fiona, Dave Lynch and Jackie Ellison
for organising the event, as well as the golf club’s
reliable catering.
Chris Braidwood and
Diana Fitchett - happy
Carol Coslett and David
Webb - thoughtful
20 January 2018
The Betchworth & Buckland Society has
been established for 60 years and serves to
preserve the quality of
life in the two villages.
There is an effective and hard working
committee which meets about six times a
year from September to June and runs the
Society. We monitor planning applications and would be pleased to hear
from anyone who would like to join the
committee with a special planning brief.
No special planning experience is needed, just a practical observation of
how proposed developments will impact
on the community.
Also, our events are getting busier and
more popular. Monies raised from these
go to local good causes, some of which
are featured in this magazine.
If anyone with good organisational and
people skills would like to join the
committee to help with this programme, we want to hear from you! If you are
interested, as I hope you will be, please
let me know on 224418 or
Richard Worsley, Chairman
Lapsed WI knitters suddenly regained
their skill to contribute woollen squares in various shades of green to add to the
alternative Christmas tree which, at 6ft.
6ins, dominated the Alternative
Christmas Tree festival in Betchworth church, the squares
ultimately to become blankets
where needed. Local societies
also made trees to represent their particular interest,
Pebblecombe’s being a
magnificent tiered cake created by Diana
Fitchet and husband David which looked good enough to eat but disappointed the
occasional would-be taster. All that
glisters is not necessarily royal icing!
Our Christmas celebration was graced by
artiste Annie O’Dell who played and
sang a variety of well known
standards. Beautiful decorations, a
buffet and carols led by Miss O’Dell all
contributed to a very happy occasion
Our AGM in November and the annual
reports brought memories of the past year
and we gained a new committee member. A free
raffle of surplus bottles and
their contents, mostly
innocuous, donated by members through the year gave
an unusual twist to the
proceedings and cleared the storage space
of president Mary Clark who can now get into her garage. Fish and chips are on
the menu for our next meeting on 4th
January 2018, 7.45pm at the Hamilton
Room, Betchworth. We wish all members and friends a very happy New
Year.
Pam Patch
PEBBLECOMBE W.I. AT BETCHWORTH
BETCHWORTH & BUCKLAND SOCIETY
9 January 2018
WINTER LUNCHES
On Thursday 14th December we held our 2017 Christmas Lunch and 19 mostly
retired youngsters enjoyed turkey and all the trimmings. Well, that was not strictly true, as a crooked clock in the kitchen at the Reading Room was
having an off day, the result being the Roast Potatoes were slightly
late going into the oven with the result they were slightly late going
to the table. However, they were eventually served up and consumed without a murmur. Note in Diary: Get another battery for the clock!
It was great to see some new faces at the table and hopefully we shall see them again
at the first Winter Lunch of 2018 on 11th January at 1230. Our grateful thanks go to helpers Liz, Mary, Margaret and John.
C.L.
BROCKWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
We have a new service – the Family Planning Drop-In Clinic. It will run in the
afternoon of the first Tuesday of each month at North Holmwood Surgery.
Booked appointments 2.30pm-3.30pm and drop-in from 3.30pm.
Open to our patients and non-registered patients.
CHURCH HEDGE
A big ‘Thank You’ to whosoever trimmed the new growth off the long Church
Hedge. A job I have been training for over the past six months and which I have
been anticipating by eating large quantities of turkey on the run-up to Christmas. Seriously though, I’m very grateful and it now looks fine again.
E.L.
10 January 2018
BUCKLAND PARISH COUNCIL UPDATE
Great British Spring Clean : 2nd – 4th March 2018
The 2018 Spring Clean will be the third occasion MVDC has
encouraged local communities across the District to arrange “litter picking/tidy up events”. If you would like to suggest one
or more locations in the village that could be improved if
Buckland were to hold a village volunteer event and are willing
to help the Parish Council on the day, please get in touch.
Help to improve our highways
Please take the time to call 0300 200 1003 to report any maintenance problems
you encounter on our local roads or pavements to Surrey County Council Highways to ensure the team has an opportunity to address any problem at the earliest
opportunity.
Please report any accidents, incidents or misuse you encounter on any of the Rights of Way passing through the village to Surrey County Council Countryside Access. If
you have an issue requiring immediate action call 0300 200 1003. If the issue is
out of normal hours or a Police matter, the Countryside Access team asks you to
contact Surrey Police – for an emergency such as a crime in progress or an accident call 999, otherwise call 101 or 01483 571212. If you have access to the internet,
visit www.surreycc.gov.uk or www.molevalley.gov.uk and click the report it tabs.
Links to the relevant pages of both websites can also be found by visiting the village
website at www.bucklandsurrey.net.
Future Mole Valley
The MVDC’s planning policy team has asked Parish Councils to highlight the
‘Greenfield Call for Sites’ being undertaken as part of ongoing work towards producing a new Local Plan. If you own or have an interest in a site which you
would like MVDC to consider for future development, please visit
www.futuremolevalley.org for further information. The call for sites is set to close
on 5th February 2018.
The MVDC Planning Policy team is also seeking community engagement on the
potential for modest extensions to rural villages as a means of supporting vibrant and
successful rural communities. The team is scheduled to send a representative to Buckland on Monday 8th January 2018, starting at 7.30pm, prior to the Parish
Council meeting. If you would like to participate you are (of course) welcome to
attend. The Parish Council meeting will follow on from the short presentation.
Sheena Boyce, Clerk to Buckland Parish Council
19 January 2018
DEMENTIA AWARENESS SESSION
Monday 26th February at 8pm, Buckland Reading Room.
Tea & coffee available at 7:45pm. Jointly supported by
Betchworth Parish Council, Broome Park Nursing Home and the parish churches of Buckland and Betchworth
It’s rare not to know someone affected by dementia but we often struggle to
understand it and know how best to support people living with it. We are delighted to present this information session which will address the following:
What is dementia?
How are people affected?
How can I make a difference?
Where can I go for specialist information?
Chime Carlin from Alzheimer’s UK will be running the awareness session which
will last for 60 minutes, and Rebecca Choy from Broome Park nursing home will
also be available to answer questions.
It is an open session but it would be helpful to know numbers so if you could let me
know in advance that would be really helpful. Linda Slater, 844632
ARE YOU A FAN OF SURREY’S WOODED LANDSCAPE?
Then come and hear an illustrated talk by Ken Bare of the Surrey Hills Society
entitled ‘Surrey Hills, our wooded countryside’ on Wednesday 24th January, at the
Reading Room from 2.30 to 4.00 pm. Ken has some wonderful photographs of the Surrey Hills which he will be using in his talk.
Discover why our countryside looks the way it does, what the importance of walnut
and chestnut trees has been in the history of Surrey plus many more nuggets of woodland related information. Hear about some of the many uses to which our local
timber is put. If you would like to know why the woodlands are such an important
feature of the Surrey Hills then this is a talk you shouldn’t miss.
Cost £6 for members of the Society, £7 for non-members who are very welcome to
come along. Price includes tea/coffee and biscuits. To book, visit the Society’s
website https://www.surreyhillssociety.org/events/ (preferable, but if necessary
phone Stella Cantor 843335).
Stella
18 January 2018
Learning Space is a small charitable
organisation working to improve the lives of children, young people and their
families. We are currently looking for
people to serve as trustees who can bring
sound judgement, good business skills and a willingness to give their time. We
are particularly keen to hear from
candidates with specialised knowledge
and experience in one or more of the following areas:
Education, health and social care
services for children, young people and families
HR
Legal/governance
Fundraising
About Us Since 1997 Learning Space has been
providing high quality support services to
children, young people and families
across Surrey.
Our unique offer is a therapeutic mix of
solution focused coaching, mentoring and
creative activities which is customised to the individual needs of the child or young
person. These are delivered by our skilled
team of experienced practitioners. Our
sessions provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore experiences and events
which continue to cause difficulties in the
present. Alongside this solution focused
approaches are future driven and look at where the client is now and where they
want to be by emphasising visible goals
and building on personal resources.
About the role
Trustees are expected to attend regular
meetings (currently once a term) of the Management Group and to get involved
in other ways such as supporting
fundraising and general development of
the charity. Please note there is no remuneration attached to this position.
Specifically, the role of trustees is to:
ensure Learning Space is carrying out its purposes for the public benefit
make sure that the charity is well run
and complies with its governing document as well as charity law
manage the charity’s resources and
make sure assets are used for its
charitable purpose
actively contribute to the Board,
giving firm strategic direction to the
organisation
For an informal chat about the role,
please call Gill North, Manager, on
631951 or email [email protected].
To apply, please send an expression of
interest and a CV to: Learning Space, Dean House Farm, Church Road,
Newdigate, DORKING RH5 5DL.
Canon David Eaton, 843915, [email protected]
LEARNING SPACE
11 January 2018
ST MICHAEL’S AFTERNOON DROP- IN TEAS 2pm – 4pm on the fourth Wednesday each month at the Hamilton Room, Church
Street, Betchworth.
The St Michael’s Drop-In Teas have now been running for six years, providing a
social meeting place for anyone in the villages on the appropriate afternoon. We
provide tea, biscuits and cake, and a welcoming venue to meet new friends and catch up with many of the busy people in the
village. We have a growing connection with Broome Park and
have welcomed many residents, brought by minibus, and their
families and friends. We welcome all ages and have a few items to amuse the young, and not so young.
Visitors have come from far and wide, visiting the Church to look for memorials,
visiting the village where relations have lived, walkers and cyclists, and those just dropping in while passing.
Thanks to donations during 2017 we were able to support local and national charities,
including Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, McMillan Cancer Support Services, Safe Passage UK, who help unaccompanied children and young people
access safe and legal passages to reach their family members in the UK, as well as
supporting the work of Street Pastors in Redhill, Reigate and Horley town centres.
I would like to thank the helpers who enable this to take place, Anne, June, Linda, Carol, Liz and Brenda, and John, Everett and Alice, who are essential in the setting
up and clearing away each month. We will miss Gordon Forrest too, who regularly
helped during our afternoon sessions. This is very much a team effort.
Our dates for 2018 are: 24th January, 28th February, 28th March, 25th April, 23rd
May, 27th June, 25th July, 22nd August, 26th September, 24th October, and our seventh
Christmas Party on 28th November.
All are welcome to come at any time during the afternoon. If you would like
transport, please contact Margaret Miller on 842098.
Come when you can and go when you must: a welcome awaits you.
12 January 2018
First, on behalf of all pupils, staff and
governors I would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. Children will be
returning to school during the first week in January and, despite what you might
think, the majority of them are pleased to be back at school. Although they look
forward to and enjoy the holidays, particularly Christmas, most children appreciate the familiarity and
structure of a school day.
Running a school has now become somewhat like running a business. It is now much more than just children and
teachers and, although children are at the heart of our school, there is so much more to creating a successful
school. Good schools rely on a hardworking and supportive governing body. We are extremely lucky with our
governors at North Downs; they know the school well, are very adept at taking a strategic view of school development
and are not afraid to ask challenging questions. The role of a governor is
interesting and varied and is a way of
becoming involved in the local school and making a real difference to the lives of children.
This term our governors are focusing on the development
of our outdoor learning curriculum. We are incredibly fortunate to have
such wonderful grounds and resources at each of our sites and we want to use them as best we can to enhance the
learning of our pupils. As part of the school’s commitment to the further
development of outdoor learning and activity, the school is applying to become accredited as a ‘Learning
outside the Classroom’ (LOTC) school. Learning to play and co-operate with others is a valuable life skill which will
be essential to our children in later life, living out the vision of our school to ‘Be the best you can be, every day.’
Jane Douglass, Headteacher North Downs Primary School
NORTH DOWNS PRIMARY SCHOOL
17 January 2018
BETCHWORTH & BUCKLAND SOCIETY For the protection and conservation of the quality of life in Betchworth & Buckland
Date for your diary: QUIZ & PIE NIGHT on Thursday 8th February
At 7.30 pm at BETCHWORTH MEMORIAL HALL, Station Road
All welcome: come and test your general and local knowledge. Make up a
team or just come along and join one.
Tickets: members £12 non-members £14. Advance booking essential. David Lynch 201423. Email: [email protected]
BROCKHAM GREEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
January starts the year often bringing inclement weather with it. The gardens appear
sparse. Now is the time to clean your gardening tools, tidy up the greenhouse and
shed so everything will be ready for the coming Spring.
Brockham Green Horticultural Society wish all of their members a successful year in
their gardens.
Dates for your 2018 diaries: The talks this year will be on Monday 19th February,
Monday 19th March and Monday 23rd April. Our first speaker is Barry Newman
entertaining us on the topic of “Preparing for your Show - Fruit, vegetables and
herbs.” The talk will be at the Recreational Hall, Brockham Lane at 7.30 pm. Entrance fee £3.
Jane Siegle
BUCKLAND ONE WORLD GROUP
Friday 9th February 2018 at 8.00 p.m.
in Buckland Reading Room, Old Road
A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF BUCKLAND
by Duncan Ferns
Admission (including refreshments) free
Collection in aid of Money for Madagascar
16 January 2018
DORKING MUSEUM IN JANUARY
Until 20th January, our exhibition, ‘Dorking 1917’, focuses on the impact of the
Great War on the people of and life in Dorking and the villages: pressures and
hardships suffered and celebrations that raised morale and money for the war effort.
From 25th January, our spring exhibition offers ‘A New View’ by Capel Camera
Club: beautiful landscapes and iconic images of the town, surrounding villages and
countryside. Images by both amateur and professional photographers come together to create this joint project.
‘Local Heroes’ film: Museum visitors can now watch a new short film telling of
extraordinary local suffrage campaigners, Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, who fought for freedom,
equality and world peace, but have been neglected by
history. Filmed on location at their home in South
Holmwood, Dorking Museum and Leith Hill, it can also be seen on the Museum’s website and at other events for
the centenary of the vote for women.
The Museum plans a commemorative plaque for the Dutch House in South Holmwood, and is raising funds to cover costs. Donations welcome via the Museum
website or by cheque (to ‘Dorking Museum’ at the address below).
Kathy Atherton’s new book, “Suffragettes, Suffragists and Antis – the Fight for the Vote in the Surrey Hills”, Cockerel Press, £10, is available from Dorking Museum,
bookshops and online www.holmwoodhistory.com.
Dorking Museum, 62 West Street, Dorking RH4 1BS. Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10am-4pm. www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk. Enquiries:
[email protected] or 01306 876591.
GREAT WRITING
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a
great writer. When asked to define “great,” he said, ‘I want to write stuff that the
whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream in disbelief, cry in despair, howl in pain, and vent their
anger in ways they’ve never dreamed of!’ He now works for Microsoft, writing
error messages.
13 January 2018
The naming of Jesus, 1st January
It is Matthew and Luke who tell the story of how the angel instructed
that Mary’s baby was to be named Jesus - a common name meaning
‘saviour’. The Church recalls the naming of Jesus on 1st January, eight
days after 25th December (by the Jewish way of reckoning days). For in Jewish tradition, the male babies were circumcised and named on their
eighth day of life.
For early Christians, the name of Jesus held a special significance. In Jewish tradition, names expressed aspects of personality. Jesus’ name permeated His
ministry, and it does so today: we are baptised in the name of Jesus (Acts 2:38), we
are justified through the name of Jesus (1 Cor 6:11); and God the Father has given
Jesus a name above all others (Phil 2:9). All Christian prayer is through ‘Jesus Christ our Lord’, and it is ‘at the name of Jesus’ that one day every knee shall bow.
Overheard on the wise men’s journey to Bethlehem
“OK, we got the gold. We got the frankincense. We got the myrrh. Think we should also get something more practical, like nappies, maybe?”
“I thought this was supposed to be a weekend trip... my wife is going to be
furious.”
“All this star-gazing from the back of a camel is making me sick.”
“What’s so WISE about wandering around the desert for three years?”
“You know, I used to go to school with a girl name Beth Lehem.”
Sardines
In the first week of January, gym classes everywhere are packed with people who
made New Year’s resolutions to tone up. It’s like sardines in there. Big sardines. But they’re all gone by February.
Diet
If you make a New Year’s resolution to eat a healthy diet, and you keep it, you won’t actually live longer, but it will seem longer.
14 January 2018
BUCKLAND READING ROOM
IS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE
PARTIES, EVENTS, MEETINGS AND CLUBS
£30 per session (concessionary rates for regular hirers)
For further information see our website at
www.bucklandsurrey.net/local-amenities/buckland-reading-room
For booking enquiries contact us on
[email protected] (preferred)
or call Stella Cantor on 843335
JANUARY GARDEN NOTES
With daylight hours now becoming longer and midwinter behind us, we can look
forward with renewed vigour to the season ahead.
Already there are signs in the garden of the approaching spring. Snowdrops are
coming into bud and flower, and will soon be followed by crocus, winter aconites,
cyclamen and early daffodils. Most shrubs and climbers will
have prominent leaf buds forming – many will have been visible since December. Scent abounds with skimmia,
viburnum, daphne and sarcococca; now is also the time to
appreciate the contrast between evergreen foliage plants such as
ilex (holly) and euonymous, and the striking vibrant stems of deciduous specimens including cornus and the eerie-looking rubus cockburnianus.
For robust colour, chaenomeles (Japanese quince) is a reliable choice, but take care
of the spines on the thick branches. Clematis cirrhosa and Jasminum nudiflorum are both cheerfully-flowering climbers at this time of year.
January is a time for planning in the garden rather than carrying out general
maintenance. DON’T be tempted to feed plants or lawns; chemical weeding will likewise be ineffective. It’s best to keep off the grass where possible when it’s soggy
or very frosty. DO decide on seeds to be planted in March, and plan and research
additional perennials and shrubs for the spring. It’s just around the corner …..
David Hogg, Buckland Nurseries
15 January 2018
♠ ♥ BUCKLAND BRIDGE CLUB ♦ ♣
Recent winners are as follows:
23rd Nov: N/S: John Zetter & Izzy Gibbons
E/W: Roberta & Douglas Rounthwaite
30th Nov: N/S: Mark Cooper & Sabina de G.C.
E/W: Liz Woodhouse & Hetty Fisher 7th Dec: N/S: Helena Pollock & Bruce Paul
E/W: Geoff Woodcock & Richard Pocock
14th Dec: N/S: Jocelyn Morley & Vanessa Sadler
E/W: Hetty Fisher & Savas Oratis
Congratulations to all concerned. We play duplicate bridge in the Reading Room
each Thursday and start at 2.15pm, but please arrive and sit down no later than
2.05pm. For the Club website (with recent results), visit bridgewebs.com/Buckland
Please do not park in front of the village shop or block access to Dungates Lane or to
houses in the area.
Richard Wheen
An excellent New Year’s Resolution for everybody
Here is something very easy, and very good, for you to do this year: simply eat more
slowly.
It could save your life.
Recent research in Japan has found that diners who gobble their food quickly are five
times more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, the name for a cluster of
dangerous health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. Those of us who eat quickly are also more than three times more likely to gain weight.
Scientists believe that eating quickly prevents the brain from noticing when the body
has taken in too many calories. Unused calories are then stored as fat, which places pressure on the heart. Eating fast also appears to cause spikes of blood sugar, which
can stop insulin from working effectively. Metabolic syndrome affects one in four
adults in Britain.
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