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BUCKLAND READING ROOM ACTIVITIES
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Monday 1-4pm Art Group David Burrells 4.15-5.15pm Rainbows 5.30-7pm Brownies 1st/3rd Mon 10am-12noon Singing Group Meike Laurenson Tuesday 10am-12noon Tiny Tots Toddlers Debbie Jones Tuesday Wednesday 2-5.30pm Duplicate Bridge Richard Wheen Thursday Thursday 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 Tim Howe John Maud Liz Vahey Julian Steed Sheila Dyer Margaret Miller
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
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To book the Reading Room, email [email protected]
(preferred) or phone Stella Cantor on 843335
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SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, BUCKLAND
Rector Interregnum
Priest in Retirement
The Revd. Canon David Eaton, Two Way House, Wheelers Lane, Brockham RH3 7LA (843915). 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
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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).
November 2018. Issue No. 1112
Articles for the December 2018 issue must, please, be with the Editor by Sunday 11th November. Please send editable versions of articles: we cannot accept PDFs, JPGs etc. If possible, please send graphics in black and white or grayscale. The editor reserves the right to shorten or omit articles submitted for publication or, where appropriate, to publish them the following month. No acknowledgement of items for the magazine will be sent (unless submitted by e-mail). Editorial Views expressed in this magazine are those of the contributor and are not necessarily shared by the editor or other church staff. Contact details This magazine is published by St. Mary’s Church and contains personal data such as names and contact details which may be of use to readers of the magazine. In agreeing to the publication of their personal data in the magazine, such persons also consent to this information being posted on the Church’s website, www.stmarythevirginbuckland.net. Please let the editor know if any of the information on the inside front cover or the back of the magazine is wrong or needs to be updated, or if you do not want any of your contact details to be given in the magazine. Also, if there are any other village contacts who would like to appear on the back page or elsewhere in the magazine, please send details to the editor.
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Date Flowers ReaderLesson Time Sidesman/Procession
4th Nov
Carol Leeds Philip Haynes Revelation 21: 1-6a
9.30 Philip Haynes Sue Haynes, Rosey Davy & Simon Thomas
11th Nov
Jean Cooke t.b.a. Trevor Cooke t.b.a.
10.50 Trevor Cooke
Sue Haynes
18th Nov
Hebrews 10: 11-14, 19-25
9.30 David or Sally Sayce
25th Nov
Fiona
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Pat Evans Revelation 1: 4b-8
9.30 Pat Evans Trevor and Jean Cooke and Simon Thomas
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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON EARLIER PAGES
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BRIDGE: Play the two top clubs, ending in North’s hand. East can discard ♠J on the first ♣ but is in difficulty on the second. Another ♠ or ♦ discard would give North/South at least four tricks, so he probably pitches his ♥Q. Now you throw him in with ♥A. He can cash ♠A but must then give North the last two tricks.
CROSSWORD: ACROSS: 1, Hopefulness. 9, Hitting. 10, du Pre. 11, Ere. 13, Ozni. 16. Wait. 17, Climbs. 18, Obey. 20, Joni. 21, Cuckoo. 22, In it. 23, Yaws. 25, Elm. 28, Alarm. 29, Epistle. 30, Whitsuntide. DOWN: 2, Often. 3, Exit. 4, Urge. 5, Node. 6, Soprano. 7, Theological. 8, Westminster. 12, Rebuke. 14, Icy. 15, Ritual. 19, Epitaph. 20, Joy. 24, Acted. 25, Emit. 26, Menu. 27, Gift.
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CHURCHWARDEN’S LETTER By the time you read this we will have interviewed and hopefully chosen a new rector and as church wardens we are really hoping that we make the right decision. We understand that we have been fortunate to receive any applications as many parishes are not as fortunate. Although an interregnum is hard work, it has also been lovely in hearing the voices of many visiting preachers and laughing (afterwards) when we inevitably get something wrong during a service - or maybe that’s just at St Michael’s! But the appointment is just the start of a new stage in our church life. There will be a settling in period as we get to know each other; learning how the new rector will like to conduct services and for them to get to know the wider community. We sincerely pray that we will make the right choice but ultimately we are still appointing a human who cannot possibly fulfil the requirements of all the parishioners. But the church is never about one individual. The parish surveys were extremely helpful in allowing us to get a feel for people’s views of the church but the dialogue doesn’t stop there. If you want the church to do or be something different then you have to let us know. If you would like different music or have us engage in different areas of the community then please don’t leave us in the dark. Ultimately, the church is the people not the building and much as we may love our historic building, without life within it something is lost. Visitors write that they get a lovely feeling when they enter the church as it is clearly loved and cherished. I am excited about the next stage in our church life and hope that the next feedback we get is not, “Why on earth did you appoint them?”
Linda Slater, Church Warden
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St. Mary’s Buckland
St. Michael’s Betchworth
4th Nov All Saints Day
9.30 4pm
Parish Communion Thanksgiving Service for the Faithful Departed
10.45 11 am
Sunday Club † Parish Communion *
11th Nov 10.50 Remembrance Sunday Service (meet at War Memorial)
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HC (BCP) Remembrance Sunday Service
18th Nov 8 Holy Communion 10.30 5pm
Joint All Age Toy Service Joint Choral Evensong
25th Nov 9.30 Parish Communion 8 11
HC (BCP) Parish Communion *
† Sunday Club 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.
November Diary
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Thur 1st 7.45pm Women’s Institute meeting 17
Sat/Sun
10th/ 11th
10am-4pm Exhibition in Hamilton Room
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Sun 11th 6.30pm Mozart Requiem 21
Fri 16th 8pm Singing for Fun group concert 15
Sat 17th 3pm Armistice Remembered talk 17
18th
12-1.30pm Book launch 9 Sun
7.15pm Brockham Flower Club meeting 18
Mon 19th 7.30pm Brockham Hort. Society 22
Fri 23rd 7.30 for 8 B&B Society annual dinner 21
And see page 16 for Leith Hill Place activities, page 20 for Dorking Museum activities and page 23 for Music in Dorking
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ACROSS 1 and 20 Down Lord of all ..., Lord of all..., whose trust, ever child-like, no cares could destroy (11,3) 9 Moses’ question to a fighting Hebrew labourer: Why are you ... your fellow Hebrew? (Exodus 2:13) (7) 10 Acclaimed cellist who contracted multiple sclerosis at the height of her fame, Jacqueline ...(2, 3) 11 At even ... the sun was set, the sick, O Lord, around thee lay (3) 13 A descendant of Gad (Numbers 26:16) (4) 16 Do not leave Jerusalem, but ... for the gift my Father promised (Acts 1:4) (4) 17 Clambers (Jeremiah 48:44) (6) 18 Peter’s response to questioning by the Sanhedrin: We must ...God rather than men! (Acts 5:29) (4) 20 Christian paraplegic author, artist and campaigner, ... Eareckson Tada (4) 21 Bird partial to the nests of other birds (6) 22 Such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat ... ...(Matthew 13:2) (2, 2)
23 Infectious tropical disease (4) 25 Tree (3) 28 No fear of me should ... you, nor should my hand be heavy upon you (Job 33:7) (5) 29 For example, to Titus, Timothy or Philemon (7) 30 Week beginning with Pentecost Sunday, according to the Church’s calendar (11) DOWN 2 O Jerusalem, how ... I have longed to gather your children together (Matthew 23:37) (5) 3 Way out (4) 4 Exhort (Romans 12:1) (4) 5 Done (anag.) (4)
6 Highest of the four voice parts in a choir (7) 7 Concerning the study of God (11) 8 Uniquely, it has Abbey, Cathedral and Chapel (11) 12 Admonish (Matthew 16:22) (6) 14 Frozen (3) 15 Established form of religious ceremony (6) 19 Inscription often found on gravestones (7) 20 See 1 Across 24 Behaved (Joshua 7:1) (5) 25 Time (anag.) (4) 26 Lists choice of meals (4) 27 For the wages of sin is death, but the ... of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:23) (4)
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BRIDGE
North to lead and N/S to make 4 tricks in a NT contract. How?
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Yummy honey
Honey is far more likely to do you good than antibiotics if you have a cold and cough this autumn. That is the new NHS guidance. Research has found that honey significantly reduces the frequency and severity of coughs.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England (PHE) are urging us to buy ‘self-care’ products such as honey, herbal remedies and cough medicines instead of asking our doctors for antibiotics. Only if coughs get very bad and prolonged, or if you feel really unwell and breathless should you consider antibiotics.
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ALL SAINTS/ALL SOULS The candlelight service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving for the Faithful Departed will be on 4th November at 4pm in St Mary’s, Buckland. The names of those who have died since last October will be read – also any names you would like remembered. There is a red folder at the back of each church for the addition of these names. At the service you will be invited to light a candle in memory of those departed.
Liz Vahey (Churchwarden)
CHILDREN’S SOCIETY/WELCARE CHRISTMAS SUPPORT
It is only 7 weeks until Christmas, with present buying in full swing. Please would you help Welcare, the Redhill family support organisation, to stock a ‘Present Store’ for families who are unable to shop for presents for their children? Toys, books, and games for children aged up to 8yrs, and vouchers for older siblings, can be brought to St Michael’s Church, at the Toy Service on Sunday 18th November at 10.30am. Children, when you are out with Mum or Dad, perhaps you could chose a special toy or game for another little boy or girl, who may only have that one gift, and bring it to the service. These toys will be delivered to Welcare at Redhill the following week.Thank you. This is also the time when the Children’s Society holds their special fund-raising. If you have one of the House collecting boxes, which needs emptying, could you please bring it to either St Mary’s or St Michael’s and give it to me, Margaret Miller, or a Church Warden. We are holding a Christingle Service at St Mary’s, Buckland on Sunday 16th December, at 10.30am.
The Christingle collecting boxes will be distributed at the Toy service and available for collection in each Church after that. Over the past 50 years, Christingle celebrations have played a huge part in fundraising for the Children’s Society, making the difference to a vulnerable young person’s life, recovering from the ordeals they have faced and looking forward to a brighter future. Please support Christingle as much as you can. Thank you.
Margaret Miller 842098
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FROM THE REGISTERS Baptisms We welcome into the church: 9th September Jacob Robert Slater Chalker at St Michael’s Betchworth 16th September Freddie Denis Paul Lamacraft at St Michael’s Betchworth 7th October Alexander Christopher John McNaught at St Michael’s Betchworth Confirmation We extend congratulations to the following members of St Mary’s Buckland who were confirmed by the Bishop of Croydon at St Bartholomews, Horley: 7th October Nicholas Gale and Primrose Bright Weddings We send our congratulations to: 15th September Ross Tuck & Lisa Simmons at St Mary’s Betchworth Funerals, Burials and Ashes Interred We send our condolences to the family and friends of those who have died: 2nd October Genevieve Mary Quarrington who died on 12th July aged 40 years, formerly of Betchworth 8th October John Arthur Boyce, who died on 21st September aged 93, of Lone Oak, Buckland
With Remembrance Day in mind, here are some observations on war… • The tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst. - Anon • Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. - John F
Kennedy • Let men who delight in the cruelties of war remember that their day is
coming. - Louis Mumford • In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all
are losers. - Neville Chamberlain
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MUSIC IN DORKING
3rd at 12.00, Music at Midday at St Martin’s church, free, 01306 884229 6th 13th 20th 27th at 8.30, Watermill Jazz at Betchworth Park golf club, 07415 815784 10th at 7.30, piano recital at Dorking Halls, £21, 01306 740619 11th at 4.00, ballet screening at Dorking Halls, £18, 01306 881717 11th at 6.30, Dorking Choral Society at St Martin’s church, £16, 07847 477052 13th at 7.15, ballet screening at Dorking Halls, £18.50, 01306 881717 15th at 7.00, opera screening at Dorking Halls, £18.50, 01306 881717 19th at 2.00, ballet screening at Dorking Halls, £18.50, 01306 881717 24th at 7.30, Dorking Philharmonia at St Paul’s church, £12, 01306 730640 On Remembrance Sunday, exactly one hundred years after the Armistice of 1918 marking the end of the first world war, the Dorking Choral Society will give a special commemorative concert. Organised in conjunction with an exhibition at Dorking Museum and including readings of war poetry, the concert will include Mozart’s great Requiem, along with music for reflection by Parry, Elgar, Finzi, Brahms and Vaughan Williams. The choir and their conductor David Young will be joined by the New London Chamber Orchestra and soloists including the soprano Bibi Heal. The Dorking Concertgoers present a piano recital given by Clare Hammond. Her programme includes Rachmaninov’s second sonata, a hugely virtuosic and demanding work by one of the greatest pianist-composers. She will also play a set of twelve studies by Chopin and a selection of Debussy’s beautiful and evocative preludes. The Dorking Philharmonia has a concert featuring Schubert’s lovely Rosamunde overture, Dvořák’s seventh symphony, and the beautiful and elegiac cello concerto by Elgar. The lunchtime concert at St Martin’s is a piano duet recital given by Martin Hall and Peter Gould. Watermill Jazz meets every Tuesday evening with a wide range of performers from the jazz world – full details of this month’s concerts will be on the website. There are several screenings at the Dorking Halls this month. In a recording from the New York Met, you can see a new opera – Nico Muhly’s Marnie, based on the novel by Winston Graham which also inspired Hitchcock’s celebrated film. The opera received its premiere only last year at ENO in London. Ballet lovers can see La sylphide live from the Bolshoi (11th), and La bayadère from the Royal Opera House, live on 13th and recorded on 19th.
My wife and I were watching the gorillas at the zoo when several of them charged at the enclosure fence, yelling terribly, rolling their eyes around, and clenching their fists. They looked quite terrifying. The crowd scattered except for one frail, elderly man, who did not bat an eye. Later, my wife asked him how he had kept his composure. ‘Oh, easy,’ he said cheerfully. ‘You see, I used to run the youth group at my church.’
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BROCKHAM GREEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The wet weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the public or the exhibitors at the Society’s Autumn Show. Over 140 exhibits were entered and the judges commented that the standard and quality this year reached a very high level. North Downs School Key Stage 1 pupils delighted the judges with their entries. The judges remarked they were ‘blown away’ by the children’s ability. Broome Park residents also entered too with some very creative crafts. The 2D and 3D animals made from vegetables produced some very inventive results and the Floral Art as always provided an outstanding display of imaginative artistry. The Cookery section never fails with its high standard. The Apple, tomato and rosemary jelly was classed the best in show. The fruit and vegetable section produced some very good vegetables despite the difficulties with growing this year. But the star of the show was the selection of large pumpkins which were quite incredible. The Show as always was supported by the public who enjoyed a variety of crafts, creative floral art, cookery, photography, fruit and vegetables exhibits that our members had produced. The AGM with a Cheese and Wine evening will be held on Monday 19th November at the Brockham Recreation Ground Pavilion. 7.30 - 7.45pm. Please bring a photo of your garden for display ( please name it/them). Everyone is welcome.
Jane Siegle
• Church car park sign...FOR MEMBERS ONLY. Trespassers will be baptised!!
• Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!
• Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here!
• Outside one church is a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed. A headline reads: ‘For fast relief, take two tablets.’
• When the restaurant next to a church put out a sign saying ‘Open Sundays’, the church reciprocated
with its own message: ‘We are open on Sundays, too. And we have live music.’
• Come in and pray today. Beat the Christmas rush!
• Weight Watchers will meet at 7pm next Wednesday in the church lounge. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
• Thursday at 10am there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All those wishing to become Little Mothers are asked to go and see our new minister in the vicarage....
SIGNS FOUND OUTSIDE CHURCHES
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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.
ARMISTICE RINGING
On Sunday 11th November, the Buckland bells will join many other church bells across the country ringing out to mark a hundred years since the end of the First World War. At 10:15 the bells will be half-muffled, ringing more quietly than usual, to signify our remembrance of the fallen and for the start of the Remembrance Day service. After the service, we will ring again later in the afternoon after 12:30 with the muffles off again, ringing out clearly and joyfully in celebration. There has been a scheme ‘Ringing Remembers’ in which new ringers have been recruited this year to represent the 1400 ringers lost in the war. If you are interested in becoming a bellringer yourself, please contact the tower captain, David Sayce: 242776 [email protected] This year the Buckland and Betchworth bellringers combined to form a team for the Surrey Association’s summer striking competition and have won most of our challenges against other local bands. We enjoyed our annual ringing outing this year to Kent with an evening barbeque in a ringer’s garden.
Alexia Beale
My sister has the courage, but not always the skills, to tackle any home repair project. For example, in her garage are twisted pieces of a lawn mower she once tried to fix. So, I wasn’t surprised the day I found her attacking her vacuum cleaner with a screwdriver. ‘I can’t get this thing to cooperate, she growled.
I suggested mildly: ‘Why don't you drag it out to the garage and show it what happened to the lawn mower?’
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Obituary
JOHN BOYCE John, born on 26th June 1925 in Wallington, was the second of three children. In the early 40’s the family moved to Coombe Hayes on Pebble Hill. From an early age John showed a passion for ‘doing’ rather than reading and loved physics because it was about how things worked. At Reigate Grammar School lessons were in the Headmaster’s house because the classrooms had been bombed. At 17 he joined the RAF and was posted to Lands End watching the radar for Germans! In the dying months of the war he went to the Middle East helping local allies to re-establish their countries. Once de-mobbed he learnt practical skills before going on to become a quantity surveyor. In the 70’s he set up his own consultancy working from home. John met Jeanette at the Reigate Priory Badminton club. They married in 1959 at Leigh Church and moved into Lone Oak. In the late 60’s John discovered a love of sailing, and the family became keen supporters of the RNLI. In the 70’s John was part of the Buckland Civil Defence Group set up to inform residents how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack! By now John’s arthritis was impacting on his ability to use his hands. He so loved making and fixing things that he would overcome his arthritis, by careful use of a ‘just the right’ tool, applying physics very cleverly to get the job done. When John lost Jeanette in 2002 he revived his passion for travelling and embraced the activities of the photographic, NADFAS and Rambling groups with vigour, including some marvelous holidays all around the globe. In the past couple of years as frailty began to take a hold, a network of family, neighbours and friends was a great support to him. He died on 21st September 2018.
MAY FAYRE Having done more than his fayre shayre for the village in recent years (organising several May Fayres and open gardens events), Duncan Ferns is unable, because of work and other commitments, to take on the organisation of a May Fayre for 2019. Is there anybody out there ready, willing and able to take his place and organise a Fayre (in, presumably, May next)? If you are interested, or would like further information, please contact almost anybody on the inside front cover of this magazine.
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Betchworth and Buckland Society For the protection and conservation of the quality of life in Betchworth & Buckland
ANNUAL DINNER 2018
At Reigate Heath Golf Club on Friday 23rd November
7:30 for 8pm, Tickets £34pp
To book please contact
Fiona Brindley, The Orchard, Rectory Lane, Buckland, Betchworth RH3 7BH
841005 or [email protected]
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CITIZENS ADVICE
Citizens Advice Mole Valley provides free, confidential and independent advice to help people overcome their problems. We are delighted to announce that you can now arrange to meet with a Citizens Advice adviser in a private meeting room at the Village Hall in Brockham. Please email us at [email protected] to make an appointment. Access to help and advice is also available without an appointment at our Dorking offices in Lyons Court. Drop-in times are Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri 10am - 1 pm; Wed 10am - 4pm. Alternatively, you can contact our national helpline on: 03 444 111 444. Online advice is available at www.citizensadvicemolevalley.org.uk
DORKING MUSEUM IN NOVEMBER
Dorking Home Front 1914-1918: During the WW1 centenary years, five Museum exhibitions have explored the local ‘home front’ experience. These will be displayed together for the first time in St Martin’s Church, Dorking at the Armistice Day Centenary Concert, 11th November, and will remain open free to the public until 16th November. It explores the impact of the war on the people of Dorking and the surrounding villages from its outbreak to the Armistice and beyond. Feature panels build up a picture of a community at war and a digital screen presents brief biographies of nearly 900 local casualties.
The Rob Walker Racing Team: During the 1950s and 60s one of the most successful privateer motor racing teams – The Rob Walker Racing Team – was based in London Road, Dorking, where the cars were developed, built and tested. Between 1958 and 1968 they beat the mighty works teams in nine Grand Prix. The Museum’s current exhibition focuses on the life of Rob Walker, his Pippbrook Garage and workshops, and the team’s triumphs and tragedies over 30 years. Exhibits include rare memorabilia and a unique collection of scale-replica models of Walker’s racing cars. Dorking Museum, 62 West Street. Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10am-4pm. www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk. Enquiries: [email protected], 01306 876591.
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LOCAL AUTHOR
Did you know that we have a new author in our midst? Liz Lockhart-Mure, who lives in Rectory Lane, has written a book entitled “Front Line and Fortitude”. This is the fascinating story of her aunt Maria who, in 1942, went out to join her husband in India, then stayed on to join the Women’s Auxiliary Service (Burma) (“Wasbies”), a group of gutsy girls who ran mobile canteens in both front line and base camps for the men of General Bill Slim’s Fourteenth Army during the Burma campaign of World War II. This is a very personal story of a middle-class young woman “doing her bit” for the country - living among the troops in appalling conditions to give them help, support and comfort.
The book is available from Emma at Buckland Shop and Debbie at Betchworth Post Office. Please join Liz for wine and nibbles at her book launch on Sunday 18th November from 12 noon to 1.30pm in the Reading Room. All proceeds from books sold at this event will go to the Burma Star Association Benevolent Charity, Registered Charity No. 1043040.
With Remembrance Sunday in mind here are some more observations on war
• The most persistent sound that reverberates through men’s history is the beating of war drums. - Arthur Koestler
• In war all humanity and equity is buried. - John Calvin
• Death cancels everything but truth. - Anon
• Death is only putting out the lamp at the rise of a new dawn. - David Watson
• God assures us of a future that is better than all our past. - J C Stern
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BUCKLAND PARISH COUNCIL UPDATE Dangerous driving – a number of local residents have expressed concern about vehicles being driven at excessive speed without due consideration being given to the safety of walkers and horse riders who, in the absence of a footpath, must share our local highways. Surrey Police has recently written to the owner of a car, the details of which were reported by a local resident. Please report any concerns you encounter on our local roads to Surrey Police either online or by calling 101 (or 01483 571212). Safeguarding - If you sometimes look after young relatives – perhaps you are a grandparent, parent, aunt or uncle…...then please read the following item provided by Buckland Parish Councillor Debbie Jones (a parent and grandparent!). If you sometimes look after your grandchildren then read on………I look after my grandson most weeks and, on occasion, allow him to use my i-pad to play CBeebies games. I also can’t be the only person who, in desperation, sometimes uses You-tube on my i-phone to entertain a child? You might say that is fine within reason? Well on
reading the Mole Valley Beat Bulletin (see 1* below) the other day I realised that I probably need to be a bit more careful and should at least be using the security settings on my devices. I would encourage you to use the wealth of information on the internet – starting
with the following webpage: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
A lot of the content of this site is designed for those with teenagers but there is also
useful information for those with younger children, and you can filter the content by
age. There are a lot of things to be aware of - from disclosing personal information
while game playing to inadvertently buying things while playing a game, and of
course gaining access to inappropriate web content.
If you don’t know about the security settings on your devices there is information on
parental controls on the Think U Know website. Parish Cllr Debbie Jones
Surrey Police Updates Visit https://www.intheknow.community/ to receive regular updates from Surrey Police that will let you know what is happening in your area – you can select options to make sure emails you receive are specific to your interests and local area and come from reliable sources ( *1 including Mole Valley Beat Bulletins). You can control how often you will receive emails and who you receive them from.
Sheena Boyce, Clerk
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THE BETCHWORTH HILLS Richard Hills is not a very well-known name, but he is in the very top-rank of UK organists: as virtuosic as Thomas Trotter or Wayne Marshall. Like the latter, he is exceptional as a light music player as well as classical. I first met him at St Mary’s, Bourne Street where he gave a wonderful improvisation, but if you want to see and hear his theatre organ capability, then search for “Richard Hills Tiger Rag” on YouTube. There must have been something in the air at Oxford when he was at Exeter College, as my ex-colleague Mark Laflin was at Keble and is also a brilliant light music player on piano and organ. From the first notes of his recital Richard displayed unusual and varied colours from the Betchworth Tickell organ, with some tuneful von Suppé (Poet & Peasant). Such fluent playing and registration, after perhaps a couple of hours preparation. Richard gave ebullient introductions, and demonstrated that a good organ is capable of a wide range of music. His programme ranged from the obligatory major Bach work, to familiar tunes from musical theatre. Notable were Dances from Nell Gwyn by Sir Edward German (including the Merrymakers), and selections from Mikado (Lord High Executioner, Three Little Maids, Tit Willow, etc.). He played all the light music from memory, though he did rely on the music for the daunting FRCO set-piece, the Vierne Impromptu. This recital by a versatile organist, who has appeared on ‘Choral Evensong’, ‘Friday Night is Music Night’, ‘The Proms’, Westminster Abbey, and has made an acclaimed CD on the Southampton Guildhall Compton organ, would have been enjoyed by anyone.
Hilary Ely
BROOME PARK NURSING HOME
Could you spare 2 or 3 hours a month to make a difference? At Broome Park Nursing Home we are looking for volunteers to be a friend, simply by spending a little time, perhaps once or twice a month, chatting over a cup of tea or coffee with a resident.
No experience or qualifications are needed – just your warm, kind and friendly personality. Full training, guidance and support will be given. To find out more, come and have an informal chat with a member of our Senior Management Team. Call on 843333 or email [email protected]
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BROCKHAM FLOWER CLUB – 18TH NOVEMBER 2018 Christmas Tree Decoration Competition - starting at 7.15 pm on 18th November we shall be making our own tree decorations with some ideas that were shown at our October meeting. Here is a taster - For more information please contact Ann Meadows on [email protected] or Cat Martin on [email protected]
SHOP AT STROOD GREEN If you are planning to entertain on the weekend of 3rd November, and need bread from us, it would help us hugely if you could order (and possibly pay in advance) by Wednesday 31st October. We can then have it all supplied, baked and ready when you pop by on the day. And if your guests are staying over, and you want to treat them to freshly baked pastries in the morning, make sure those are ordered for the Sunday, so that we can bake enough. This will avoid any disappointment.
LATE NIGHT SHOPPING EVENING. THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER TILL 8PM to coincide with fish and chip night. Come and bring family and friends for a fun evening with some tastings, local crafts on display, and plenty of time to browse. Spot the Christmas jumpers or earrings on the staff and committee too! With only a few weeks left, now would be a good time to make up those hampers and buy foodie gifts for neighbours, teachers, family and friends. Finally, we would like thank you all for your continued support. Without it, there would be no shop in Strood Green…..which just wouldn’t bear thinking about?! It really does make a difference if everyone spends a few pounds a week with us, rather than automatically going elsewhere.
Our Christmas opening hours this year are as follows:
Monday 24th 7 - 2 Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th closed Thurs 27th, Friday 28th and Saturday 29th, 8 – 2 Sunday 30th 8 – 12.30 Monday 31st 8 – 2 Tuesday 1st Jan Closed
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The half term holiday has just finished and we are now busy getting ready for all the end of term activities. Our children are enjoying an extended swimming season in our warm, covered pool. We are continuing to widen our use of the pool to other community groups, with classes for groups, after school and at weekends. Shortly, the children will start rehearsing for our Christmas concerts. This year each of our infant classes will perform in our local churches; our Reception children at St Michael’s Betchworth Church, our Year 1 and 2 pupils from Leigh at St Mary’s Church and our Year 1 and 2 children from Brockham at Christ Church. Our older children (years 3 - 6) will be performing ‘Christmas Around the World’. The concerts will involve every child in the school, so we are very grateful that we have the opportunity for our junior
children to rehearse in Brockham Village Hall this year. It is always a busy term preparing for Christmas and especially so for FONDS – Friends of North Downs School (our PTA) who work tirelessly raising funds to provide resources for the school
that cannot be met by our delegated budget. Their main fundraising event this term is our Christmas Fair on Friday 30th November from 3.00 – 5.30 p.m. at our Brockham site.
I’d also like to say a big thank you to the members of FONDS for
organising the ‘Teas on the Green’ in September when we raised the fantastic sum of £700. Thank you to everyone who supported us at that event. Your support at fundraising events is important to us and makes such a difference to all our children.
Jane Douglass, Headteacher
Be the best you can be, every day
NORTH DOWNS PRIMARY SCHOOL
FAMILY ACTIVITIES FOR BETCHWORTH & BUCKLAND
Village Children’s Christmas Disco for the little residents of Betchworth & Buckland
Festive Fun Disco & Pizza with competitions, prizes, bubbles and snow!
The Reading Room 3.30pm- 5.30pm on 21st December
Tickets in advance: £7.00 per child. Please book early as places are limited
Contact Catriona Martin 07710 498 591 [email protected]
best suited to 4-10 year olds but all welcome
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The magazine 50 years ago
Sadly the magazines covering October to December 1968 appear to be extinct. Watch this space come the turn of the year.
10 Justus – leading the Church in troubled times
Does this sound familiar? An Archbishop of Canterbury tries to bring unity and calm to a Church split down the middle over seemingly irreconcilable differences, and all the while to promote the Gospel to the wider non-Christian society, in the face of widespread ignorance and even hostility towards Christianity.
This isn’t Justin Welby, though. It was Justus, a 7th century archbishop of Canterbury. Like Justin Welby, he had a passion for mission – he began as one of the Roman missionaries sent in 601 by Pope Gregory the Great – to reinforce Augustine. Once in England, he was quickly put to work – becoming the first ever Bishop of Rochester, in 604. It was then that he joined with other church leaders to urge the Irish and British (Celtic) Christians to repair the great church divide of the time – to conform their customs to those of Rome. (They were largely ignored.)
In 616 things got worse. There was a pagan reaction in Kent and Essex, and without any support from the pagan King Edbald, Justus and Mellitus knew it was time to get out – quick. They escaped to France, and the whole English mission seemed in peril. Then – an unexpected breakthrough occurred – the king was converted. So back came Justus, to become Archbishop of Canterbury in 624. Pope Boniface V had faith in his ability and courage – he bestowed on him both the pallium and the power to consecrate bishops in England. When Justus died in 627, he was buried at St Augustine’s monastery. Then, in the 11th century, Justus was moved to a site in Canterbury Cathedral, behind the high altar.
The minister was very ill. He was told by his doctor not to have too many visitors. However, when his agnostic friend called, the unbeliever was ushered into the minister’s bedside. ‘I do appreciate,’ said the agnostic, ‘you seeing me when so many in your church have not been able to see you.’ ‘Well, it’s like this:’ said the minister. ‘I feel confident that I shall see them all in heaven, but I was worried that this might be my last chance to see you!
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Betchworth & Buckland Society For the protection and conservation of the quality of life in Betchworth & Buckland
ARMISTICE Remembered
Saturday 17th November
Buckland Reading Room 3pm
Join us for tea and a talk by Karen Wilson, a member of the Betchworth Village Archive team.
Tickets £5 per head (includes tea and cake). Any proceeds will go to the Royal British Legion. Please contact Claire Daniell 07815 907 182
Or email [email protected]
Stuart Venmore of The Wildlife Aid Foundation, Leatherhead, told us of the sick, injured and orphaned animals and birds which are rescued and helped back to health and rehabilitation before the wonderful moment of their release into their natural surroundings. Via video, and still photographs, we learned of the work done by 300 volunteers which include vets, nursing staff and all those necessary to keep the day to day running of the round-the-clock rescue service. The foundation was begun by Simon Cowell, the wildlife conservationist and broadcaster, 37 years ago, who continues to run it. Beginning as a small local wildlife rescue charity it has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of wildlife animals and birds, with 20,000 emergencies dealt with each year. Sad pictures of injured animals, the intricate task of removing ticks from prickly hedgehogs and the danger of bites
from frightened creatures were highlighted, balanced by the joy on all sides when a healthy animal or bird was returned to the wild. We are once again joining in the local
alternative Christmas tree festival and will be creating our
own version with the help of a dexterous husband. Craft members are also making
scarves with tasselled ends to help produce a knitted Christmas tree to support the local Christmas community
project. The scarves will later be sent to the elderly in Eastern Europe to keep them warm in the winter months.
We look forward to an interesting programme of speakers and events for the coming year and draw this WI year to a
close at our AGM on Thursday 1st November, 7.45 pm at the Hamilton Room, Betchworth, followed by a fun
picture quiz.
WOMEN’S INSTITIUTE
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LEITH HILL PLACE We can’t know what November will bring weather-wise, but we can promise some wonderful, creative workshops at the house, getting us in the mood for Christmas. On Tuesday 13th November from 10.30 until 1.00, Nicki Rowling will teach you how to make lovely Christmas decorations from willow wands, fashioning elegant stars and trees to hang in your windows and on your doors. All materials and a festive cream tea are included.
Tickets £28pp. Booking essential. At our Christmas Sewing Workshop on Tuesday 20th November from 10.30 until 4.00, learn how to transform humble bottle-tops into a beautiful Christmas tree decoration and make a silk flower into a fairy fit for any tree. All materials and a soup and cheese scone lunch are provided. Please bring sewing needles and scissors. Tickets £25pp. Booking essential. On Friday 30th November and Saturday 1st December from 10.30 until 1.00, come and make a festive wreath to take home for your front door. We provide the frame, moss, holly, ivy, fir, some trimmings and ribbon, and you are welcome to bring along extra flowers or foliage from your garden to personalise your wreath. Tea/coffee, mince pies and a soup and cheese scone for lunch are included. Please bring gardening gloves and a pair of secateurs. Tickets £40pp. Booking essential. All these workshops can be booked at https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/leith-hill-place or 0344 249 1895.
B&B SOCIETY AUTUMN LECTURE The Betchworth and Buckland Society hosted its Autumn Lecture on 12th October in Buckland Reading Room. Max Rosenberg, Chairman of the Surrey Branch of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, was the speaker. The CPRE is a national charity working to influence local and central government and much of what Max said showed that, despite official figures, we do have many empty properties, and far more could be done with brownfield land in London alone. Max said that Surrey was the most popular destination for people moving out of London, and so was especially vulnerable to insensitive policies. Concern was expressed at the complexity of legislation and fears about enforcement rigour. Those who attended enjoyed a drink beforehand and a generous leaving collection raised £131 for CPRE. Thanks are due to the hard working committee who organised it and those attendees who engaged with good questions.
Richard Worsley, Chairman
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FLU UPDATE There are two different vaccines for flu this year.
• an adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine (aTIV) for all those aged 65+; and
• a quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) for those aged under 65 in clinical at-risk groups.
We have to follow NICE guidelines and use the correct vaccine for the correct age whilst stocks are still available. We have had such a good response from our patients that we currently only have enough aTIV for those patients already booked. We shall not receive our next delivery of aTIV for over 65s until end of October. This means we are now booking over 65 year olds in November. We have plenty of QIV for eligible under 65s with appointments available in October.
Brockwood Surgery
INTO NOVEMBER IN YOUR GARDEN …. Now that autumn is well upon us, it is tempting to tidy up and leave the garden alone until spring shoots appear. However, there are many options which will provide striking colour both now and into the depths of winter. If you have the space, the gracious plumes of pampas grass (Cortaderia Selloana) will provide a wonderful 2 x 2 metre backdrop or focal point – beware any plants too close as they will swiftly be smothered. Many Cornus such as Siberica, Alba and Flaviramea will also impress with their rigid, vibrant stems. Euonymous, Elaeagnus and Fatsia will give good evergreen foliage cover, and conifers of all shapes and sizes will shrug off the rigours of winter. Learn to love ivy – good examples are the broad-leaved Hedera Sulphur Heart and Gloire de Marengo. These are excellent for wildlife, with pollen, berries and winter protection. Hollies (Ilex), Pyracantha and Gaultheria mucronata also have berries of various colours. Flowers can be provided by Skimmia, Viburnum (such as Bodnantense Dawn) and Mahonia. Winter-flowering heathers and hellebores are smaller but a reliable addition to a winter colour palette. There is still time to: - plant hedging and bare-rooted plants. - plant spring-flowering bulbs. - fill in bare lawn areas with fresh turf. - mulch tired beds and borders. - cheer up front door steps with topiary, winter hanging baskets and fresh pots of autumn interest.
David Hogg, Buckland Nurseries
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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
BU C K LAND & BETC HW OR TH C H OR AL SOC IETY
Carols for Christmas
Wednesday 12th December at 7.30pm
St Michael’s Church, Betchworth RH3 7DW
This year’s programme will be truly ‘Christmassy’ with opportunities for everybody
to get into the Christmas mood and join the choir singing some of their favourite
Carols. The concert will be a mixture of traditional and perhaps less well known
modern settings of old favourites.
Tickets £12 (Students £7.50 and U12s free) available
through www.ticketsource.com from Buckland Deli,
Betchworth Post Office; call 842028 or tickets are
available on the door.
More information can be found at www.bbcsinfo.org
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BROCKHAM BOWLS CLUB Another season almost over. We have finished all our club matches and our internal competition finals days have been and gone. But what a year it has been. We have played 37 friendlies and league matches and won 26 of them with a shot difference of over 300 points. A lot of those have been against much larger clubs who boast County players, so not bad for our little village team. Our only disappointment was that we failed to retain our Friendship League title by a mere one and a half points. We could not rearrange our postponed match against Newdigate, the eventual winners, whom we beat comfortably at home and whose opposition in the last match cancelled so they were awarded maximum points. Slightly frustrating but we will be back next year. I forgot to mention in August that we had our annual Poland day which is an all day event in which most of local teams compete and this year was won by Banstead Neville. It takes an awful lot of organising and most of the members get involved either in ground duties, catering and cleaning up. We are extremely grateful to Seymours for their continued sponsorship of the tournament which once again proved to be a very successful occasion. Our internal competitions were held at the beginning of September and we were very lucky with the weather. Last years ladies champion, Christine Knight, defended her title with a strong comeback over our President Barbara Walker and in the men’s championship Peter Goldup also defended his title with a last end victory over our youngest player Mark Yeo. Mark should not be too disappointed as he did manage to win four other titles. Congratulations to all the other winners and finalists. The club is still open for another month so if you are passing pop in for a drink and find out more about your successful local bowls club.
Buckland One World Group
AMERICAN SONGS OF THE THIRTIES
A concert by the Buckland Singing for Fun Group
on Friday 16th November at 8 p.m. in Buckland Reading Room
Admission Free - Retiring Collection in aid of Money for Madagascar
All most welcome
