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PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, HAMBLEDON

Rector The Rev’d Simon Taylor 01483 421267

Priest in Charge The Rev’d Margot Spencer 01483 416333

24 Park Road

Godalming

GU7 1SH

Reader Mr D. Jenkins 01483 416084 6 Quartermile Road

Godalming

Churchwarden Mr Nigel Pollock

Brackenwood, Brook Road

Wormley GU8 5UA 01428 682116.

Assistant Church Warden Mr David Chadwick, Little Beeches,

14 Springhill, Elstead,

Godalming, GU8 6EL 01252 702268

Church Treasurer & Gift Aid Dr Alison Martin

Tillies

Munstead Heath Road

Godalming 01483 893619

Children and young people Youth and Children’s Worker Jessi Poulsom 07882 186359

Sunday groups

Crèche, Pre-School: Georgina Aylward 01428 682591

School Years 1-6: Jessi Poulsom 07882 186359

Sunday Services

Full details of these and any other services are set out in the Church Calendar

for the month, which is shown on page 5

Home Groups meet regularly on Monday afternoons and Wednesday evenings at various locations.

Details from Roger Mathews Tel: 01483 420464

Alpha details and information from David and Liz Jenkins Tel: 01483 416084

Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals: contact Busbridge and Hambledon Church Office

Tel: 01483 421267 (Mon – Fri 9.30 – 12.30pm)

Where there is sickness or where a visit would be valued, contact the Church Wardens.

The nearest Roman Catholic churches are: St Teresa of Avila, Chiddingfold (Fr. Stephen Hardaker 01428 643877); St Edmund, Croft Rd, Godalming and St Joseph’s, Milford (Fr. Michael 01483 416880)

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PAT WILLIAMS 01428 682455


Margot Spencer

Priest in charge

Busbridge & Hambledon

“There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die … a time to plant and a time to uproot …” ECCLESIASTES 3:1-2

T here is something wonderful about the rhythm of the seasons and harvest time has come round

again. As I write this, in mid-September, the evenings have begun to draw in and we shall soon

be celebrating the ‘seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ which Keats wrote about, in his poem

To Autumn.

After the comparatively easy-going pace of the summer, we move into a very productive time of

year, when we harvest the fruits of our labours, whether in the garden, on the allotment or on the

farm. In our case, we are also trying to outwit the badger and get to the sweetcorn before he does!

It’s a time when many of us may be rightly busy and it can also be a time to look back, with some

satisfaction, on what we have achieved.

People often say to me, especially at the moment: “You must be terribly busy”. My usual response

is that I spend a lot of time trying not to be busy. I suspect that those of us who are always freneti-

cally dashing from one thing to another, are less use to our friends and neighbours than we should

like to think. Cutting ourselves some slack means that we have time for other people, time for our-

selves and time for God. Time, too, to look around and enjoy the sight of a field of sunflowers or late

grain, ripened by the sun.

Whenever I read the gospels, I am struck by the fact that Jesus was never in a hurry. He always had

time for people. Those who were sick, or troubled, knew that he would be available for them. He

clearly didn’t heal everyone who was in need, nor did he appear to worry about the many things left

undone at the end of the day. He seemed to start each day afresh, presumably on the basis that he

would accomplish what was necessary – but that he did not have to do everything.

If that is true of the Son of God, how much more true it is for us! Busy-ness is one of the curses of

the modern age. (Mobile ’phones are another, but we won’t go there …) I recently went to see

someone. We had arranged the meeting by e-mail, but – very unusually – he had failed to transfer it

to his diary. When I turned up on his doorstep, he was obviously surprised to see me. But, because

he is someone who always leaves ‘plenty of fresh air’ round his commitments, I was welcomed in

and assured that he had nothing more pressing to do than sit and talk to me!

God gives each of us the same amount of time in each day and how we use it is up to us. There is a

time for everything under the sun. The passage from Ecclesiastes goes on to say this:

“[God] has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet

they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. ...

That everyone may eat and drink,

and find satisfaction in all his toil - this is the gift of God.”

With love

Pastoral Letter – October


CHURCH CALENDARCHURCH CALENDARCHURCH CALENDARCHURCH CALENDAR October 2010October 2010October 2010October 2010

3rd October 8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)

18th Sunday after Trinity 11.00 am All Age Worship with Baptism

____________________________________________________

10th October 19th Sunday after Trinity 9.30 am Holy Communion (CW)

11.00 am Holy Communion (CW) Harvest Festival, followed by Harvest Lunch in the Village Hall ____________________________________________________

Saturday 9.00 am to 10.00 am - Church Rooms

16th October A time to meet together for prayer: all are welcome ____________________________________________________

17th October 9.30 am Holy Communion (BCP)

20th Sunday after Trinity 11.00 am Morning Worship (with children’s groups)

____________________________________________________

24th October 9.30 am Morning Prayer (BCP)

Last Sunday after Trinity 11.00 am Morning Worship (with children’s groups)

____________________________________________________

31st October 9.30 am * Holy Communion (CW)

4th Sunday before Advent 11.00 am * Morning Worship (with Children’s Groups)

____________________________________________________

and in November 7th 8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)

3rd Sunday before Advent 11.00 am All Age Worship

______________________________________________________________________________

Services at St. John’s, Busbridge this month 8.00 am Holy Communion (2nd Sunday in the month BCP)

10.00 am “Classic” service in Church; “Contemporary” service in Busbridge Junior School;

N.B. 24th Combined Service in Church, possibly also 31st

Groups for children of all ages in various locations – turn up and ask!

6.30pm Evening Worship (1st Sunday in the month, Holy Communion)

________________________________________________________________________

* NOTE* NOTE* NOTE* NOTE

The clocks go back

1 hour to winter time at 2 am on

Sunday 31 October.


W ell done to Andy Falk who successfully

masterminded his second village Flower

and Vegetable Show. This was a remark-

able achievement for it has not been a very encourag-

ing year for gardening. There was a good turnout and

Mary Grove took most of the prizes (see page 8).

Our commiserations go to Muriel Campbell who has

managed to break her wrist. Such frustration for such a

busy lady, but the six weeks in plaster must be nearly

up by the time we read this magazine.

We were sorry to learn of the death of the mother of

Pippa Evans. To Pippa and her family, we extend the

loving sympathy of Hambledon friends and

neighbours.

We are grateful to Kelley Watson for persuading June

Jazwinska to write to us from her new home in Aus-

tralia. It is good to know that she has settled so well

and the recipe for Anzac Biscuits, which she has sent

us, is something that we must all try (see page 22).

June and Edward and their family lived for many years

at Nutbourne Cottages in Hambledon and, following

Edward's death, June upped sticks and went to live

near to her daughter in Australia. We remember them

all with much affection.

Finally, a very warm Hambledon welcome to our new

rector, the Rev Simon Taylor, whose installation to

the joint Benefices of Busbridge and Hambledon took

place on Tuesday, 28th September. We send to Simon,

Catherine and their family the love and good wishes of

us all.

And now, here’s June’s letter:

“I t is now over a year since I left Hambledon to

live in Australia. I had applied for a visa eight

months before leaving and I was granted a residence

visa two weeks after arriving in Sydney.

My first big investment was a car, similar to the

one I had in England so I could enjoy the surrounds of

Sydney and spent the first month between the family

house near Sydney Harbour and the summer cottage in

the Hunter Valley, which I loved – giant goannas, liz-

ards and leeches excepted.

The countryside is so beautiful, especially when

the brilliantly-coloured and scented wattle is in flower

(you would recognise this as mimosa).

In August 2009 I went to Singapore for 10 days

to arrange a knee replacement, and rather than increas-

ing the air travel I ended up staying through until the

operation and recuperation so that the originally-

planned 10 days became four months. Fortunately, I

could stay with my son-in-law, Peter, in his apartment

on the west coast of the island. Singapore has such

beautiful parks and rainforests, although few tourists

ever venture far from the Orchard Road shops. Singa-

pore is so safe, clean and welcoming, with wonderfully

efficient and cheap public transport. The weather is hot

and humid and the temperature only ranges from 26 to

32 deg C between night and day all year round, so only

very light clothing is ever required.

Once back in Australia, I settled into a routine of

driving from Sydney to the Central coast (a two-hour

drive) twice a week to look at property for sale. I must

have viewed nearly 100 places so everyone began to

urge me to make up my mind. Finally I did find what I

needed – a little villa in a three-apartment complex

three minutes around the corner from a spectacular

beach and sheltered bay with regular visits from dol-

phins. I moved in on February 9th to the accompani-

ment of a tropical storm which raged back and forth all

day. The beach side location is wonderful and I was

able to swim every day until winter set in at the begin-

ning of June.

The apartment is compact – three bedrooms, en-

suite and large bathroom; double garage and an open-

plan living room opening onto a tiny walled garden,

where I already have a mixture of plants, ranging from

frangipanis and orchids, to daffodils, sweet peas and

roses; a real fusion of colour, seasons and countries.”

PARISH & PEOPLE

Copy deadlines for the

November magazine

The deadline is Thursday, October 21

Please send your copy to:

John Hindley

Busbridge Copse Farm

Salt Lane

Hydestile

Godalming GU8 4DH

Tel: 01483 860219

Email: [email protected]

Advertisers, please contact

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Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01428 683577


WHERE? St Peter’s Church Hambledon

WHEN? Autumn Term 2010

Tuesdays Sept 28th, Oct 5th, 12th

Tuesdays Nov 2nd, 9th 16th

TIME? 9.30 – 11.30.

Starting with coffee, croissants and chat then a DVD

presentation and discussion in small groups afterwards.

WHAT? As parents we inevitably shape the lives of our

children – both by what we do and by what we don’t do.

It’s a privilege and a responsibility.

This 6 week course is full of wise, thoughtful advice &

practical ideas on the art of parenting that really work.

Do come and join us for some learning chat and

fun, even if it’s for some time out and someone else to make you coffee or a cuppa and delicious pas-

tries! We will be providing a crèche for younger

children not at nursery.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO RESERVE A

PLACE PLEASE CALL: Liz Jenkins 01483 416084 Vicky Page 01483 869849

If this is successful we will probably run a

PARENTING TEENAGERS course in the New Year.

The first section titled “ in a galaxy far, far away” the

teenage universe! Sounds good...

PARENTING COURSE (0 – 10 YRS) Run by parents for parents

SUPPER & QUIZ NIGHTSUPPER & QUIZ NIGHTSUPPER & QUIZ NIGHTSUPPER & QUIZ NIGHT In aid of Mission Projects supported by St Peter’s Church

Saturday 2 October, Hambledon Village Hall 7:30pm Supper Bar Raffle Tickets £10

Supporting the youth work of Trinity Trust Team in the Churches, Schools and Communities in and around Godalming

and the Bridge to Bolivia Project providing practical Care & Support in some of the poorest areas of Bolivia

Enjoy a great night: Test your knowledge in a team based Quiz, (Max 6 per team) a Taste of South American Wine & Cuisine, and support great causes Home & Overseas

For more information or tickets: Please contact Andy Poulsom:

email [email protected] or 01483 420206/07876 142197

St. Peter’s Church HambledonSt. Peter’s Church HambledonSt. Peter’s Church HambledonSt. Peter’s Church Hambledon

Invitation to the Harvest Festival services

on 10 October at 9.30 and 11 am

a chance to meet Rev’d Simon Taylor the newly installed Rector of Busbridge and Hambledon

at his first services in Hambledon

followed by

a Harvest Festival lunch in the village hall *

*Tickets from

Sue Blackman 01428 683871 or the village shop

(£7 Children, £5)

31 October: All Hallows Eve 31 October: All Hallows Eve 31 October: All Hallows Eve 31 October: All Hallows Eve Halloween celebrations are rooted in the pre-Christian times of the Celts. On the last night of October they celebrated, fearing that unfriendly ghosts and witches roamed the earth. So Druid priests lit bonfires and performed magic rites to ward off such dark powers. When the Romans arrived, they brought the Harvest Festival honouring the goddess Pomona with apples and nuts, and the festivals merged. Christianity then began to replace Roman and Druid religions. The 1st of November, All Saints’ Day, was dedicated to all Christian Martyrs and Saints, and called ‘All Hallows’ Day’. The evening before was one of prayer and preparation and called ‘All Hallows’ Eve’, The Holy Evening, later shortened to ‘Halloween’.


The Annual Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show The Annual Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show The Annual Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show The Annual Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show

T here were 157 entries, including some from new-

comers, who are always particularly welcome.

Despite the difficult growing conditions this year

there were some outstanding entries especially in the

vegetable and fruit sections.

There were some excellent entries in the children's

section with prizes won by the Matthewson, Alexander

and Rapley families.

Mary Grove was again Champion Village Grower,

with the Hindleys in 2nd place.

Saturday, 4 September, once again saw the Village Hall full of

flowers, fruit and vegetables.

One special feature this year was Christina Conroy's

stall exhibiting and dispensing wine made from four

Hambledon "vineyards" including her own Chateau

Conroy.

Have you ever made jam with them?

The green fingered Matthewson family

Christina Conroy's stall

Methinks, would be good in a stew


Sponsorship, used to buy packets of seeds as prizes

for winners and runners-up, was again kindly provided

by the Merry Harriers.

Further packets of seeds were also provided by John

of Sycamore Trading, Northern Ireland, who supplies

Koralik cherry tomatoes, a Polish blight-resistant

variety recently praised on "Gardeners' World". See

www.sycamoretrading.co.uk/ [also Contact John

Hindley who has a few sample packets]

We also thank our two independent, external, judges

whose identity remains confidential.

Andrew Falk, who runs the Show, is following the

traditional, Mick Coleman, format and is keen to

maintain the informal village style but any suggestions

within this spirit are gratefully received.

Reminds me of school dinners

That’s an idea for the next card

Photos: Mary Grove, John Hindley


Returning to

Hambledon Village Hall Friday 29 October

Great Music Great Show Great Fun

"You coped magnificently with our weird

television ways" (Dawn Payne, Producer, The 5

O'Clock Show, Channel 4, July 2010)

"The LPSO raised the roof....with laughter, insan-

ity & a fantastic range of every type of music

possible. The audience left with wide smiles &

happy hearts saying they hadn't laughed so much

in years!" Gill Scard (Director, King's Theatre,

Cheddar, Nov 2009)

"The LPSO combine zany madcappery with fault-

less musicianship" Ian McGlynn (Artistic

Director, Rondo Theatre, Bath, March 2009)

Don’t miss this great show!

Tickets available from the Village Shop – £13.50 (inc supper, but bring your own liquid refreshment)

HAMBLEDON YOUTH GROUPS

S P A N G L E S Y OU TH G R O U P S P A N G L E S Y OU TH G R O U P S P A N G L E S Y OU TH G R O U P S P A N G L E S Y OU TH G R O U P for aged 7-10 years started back in September. Join us at Hambledon

Church rooms for an exciting term of faith, fun, friendship, food, arts

and crafts, games and competitions! We’ll be meeting every Thursday

during term time between 5:30- 6:30pm. Don’t miss out!

HAMBLEDON YOUTH GROUP for aged 11-14 years also started back in September. Come and join us at Hambledon

Church rooms to meet new and old friends in the village, and to share in faith, fun, fellow-

ship and food! We’ll be meeting every Thursday during term time be-

tween 6:45-8pm. All are welcome!

ALSO, our Confirmation classes for all aged 14-18 years

will be running every Sunday Afternoon from 10th Oct-14th November

from 4-5pm. Over the course of 6 weeks we will be exploring Christian-

ity and what it means to have a living faith.

If the young people feel that they are ready to make a public

commitment of faith by the end of the course then they are welcome to take part in the

confirmation service in the evening of Wednesday 17th November 2010, to be held

at Shottermill Church.

There will be an introductory session to the Confirmation

course on the 3rd of October from 4pm-5pm at Hambledon Church rooms for parents

and their teenagers to hear further details of the course programme.

For further information regarding Hambledon Youth Groups and Events, please contact

Jessi Poulsom at: [email protected]

(Youth Worker for St Peter’s Church Hambledon and Trinity Trust Team)


Hambledon

Parish Council

T he disused brickworks site down Roundals

Lane is back in the news. At their request rep-

resentatives of Millgate Homes (which owns

the site) came to the Parish Council meeting on 14

September to present their ideas for its future; and ear-

lier that day the Parish Council was informed by

Waverley Borough Council that Millgate had submit-

ted a planning application. The application is for con-

struction of a mansion, three estate workers' cottages, a

gate house, stabling and garaging; and restoration of

the rest of the site.

The Parish Council will review the application as

soon as it is received and will probably also have a

preliminary discussion with the Waverley planning

team, given the complexity of the site. Thereafter there

will be a public meeting (and Millgate have already

said that they would like to make a presentation at

such a meeting). One purpose of the meeting will be to

gauge householders’ opinions on Millgate's proposals,

as the Parish Council will need to be aware of these

before it comments on the application on behalf of

Hambledon. The date will widely publicised

(including on the village web site) as soon as it fixed –

hopefully within a few weeks. In the meantime, every-

one living adjacent to the site has already been in-

formed of the foregoing.

Millgate left a couple of copies of their outline

proposals with the Parish Council. Anyone who would

like to look at these should contact the Clerk. Once the

planning application is registered it can be inspected

on line (www.waverley.gov.uk and then via the fol-

lowing links: planning, planning applications, find

applications on line, Parish list, Hambledon) or at the

Waverley Council offices in Godalming.

Copies of the Parish Plan are running low. It was

decided that it should remain in print for the time be-

ing, as it is a useful inclusion in the village Welcome

Pack – but perhaps in a slightly less colourful form.

Costs for alternative formats are being investigated.

Every household should have received a copy of Ham-

bledon’s housing needs survey and questionnaire.

This is an important issue so, if you have not already

done so, please complete the survey and, if appropri-

ate, the questionnaire (a pre-paid return envelope

comes with them). Also, if you know of anyone with

close connections to Hambledon, who has left the vil-

lage but who may wish to return, please let the Clerk

know (she has spare copies of the questionnaire).

Waverley is seeking views to help it decide on the

number of new homes that should be built in the area

in the next 15 years and beyond. The consultation

runs until 13 October. The Parish Council will be com-

menting, but individual responses will also be wel-

come. To quote from Waverley’s leaflet: “your views

have never been more important as the home building

numbers will impact on futue planning policies

throughout the Borough”.

There is more information on the village web

site; copies of the leaflet are available in the Village

Shop; you can read or download the leaflet and a more

comprehensive technical paper from the Waverley web

site (follow the link www.waverley.gov.uk/ldf); and

you can comment online.

The Parish Council has had some successes in galva-

nising Surrey and Waverley into action regarding road

maintenance. To ensure that drains and gullies are

properly cleaned when the jetter next visits (on or

around 11 October), all those that are blocked have

been paint-marked and a list supplied to Stuart Cop-

ping, the Surrey Highways officer responsible. Ron

Vickery will do a post-clean check; but it would be

helpful if villagers could keep their eyes open and let

the Clerk or Ron know if they do spot a jetter at work.

During his visit to the village, Stuart Copping

made it clear that Surrey expects landowners to keep

ditches and hedges in good repair. SCC has no statu-

tory authority to enter onto private land adjacent to

roads, only a right. It only exercises this right (which

extends to around a metre in from the road edge) if this

is required to maintain highway safety. So thanks to all

landowners who already take care of their hedges and

ditches (and to Tim Coleman who digs out several of

the ditches as part of his village maintenance contract)

and a plea to anyone else to with a roadside hedge to

check if it might need of a trim.

Three of the larger village potholes (one across

School Hill, two in Church Lane) have been marked

for repair as a result of Stuart Copping’s visit –the man

with the tarmac has yet to appear.

Street sweeping is a Waverley responsibility and is

supposedly done on a quarterly basis, with the next

due during the week beginning 25 October. However,

some of the lanes tend to get missed out and the clean-

ing is not always effective where it does take place.

To ensure that problem areas get tackled on the next

sweep, Terry Hunt from Waverley will carry out be-

fore and after inspections. Thereafter, the Parish Coun-

cil will put in place its own monitoring system.

Housing dominatesHousing dominatesHousing dominatesHousing dominates

Housing dominates the parish council’s latest meeting– the question of

building a mansion on the site of an old brickworks or the wish to

generate lots of response for Hambledon’s housing needs survey


A fairytale wedding with interesting transport

On the occasion of Hayley McGovern’s wedding to John Kemp at St. Peter’s Church, these photos

were kindly supplied by friends of the bride.

Chiddingfold Art & Craft Exhibition

The 2010 annual exhibition will be held on

Friday 29 October 3.00-10.00 & Saturday 30th 10.00 – 5.00

at Chiddingfold Village Hall, Coxcombe Lane,

Chiddingfold, Surrey GU8 4QF

This is our 6th year: don’t miss the chance to view and

buy unique, original art and craft by local artists. Free entry and

warm welcome. Lunches & refreshments available.

For further details please contact Rob Terry 01428 682022

W.A.Gs NB: 3rd Wednesday this month 20 October, 2.30 pm, at the Village Hall

Suzie Vincent will be talking about Dolls. Should you have any

treasured dolls of your own at home, please bring them along.

We look forward to seeing you Jan Kilsby Joyce Dugans Julie Atkins

Contact No. Jan Kilsby 01483 423637


The Village ShopThe Village ShopThe Village ShopThe Village Shop

I t has all started to happen since the Open Day. It was

a jolly occasion and we were delighted to receive

over 40 suggestions for improvements. This in itself

shows we were not doing our job properly.

We have now bought a new “Bean-to-Cup”

coffee machine for those who complained about the

coffee. It should be installed by October. We are also

looking for a milk shake machine. Then we need some-

where to drink the coffee. The suggestion was to take

over the garage for this purpose and use it as a library

and for a children’s play area. This we are now investi-

gating. We were asked for more local produce.

This is difficult in the fresh fruit and vegetable area but

we now able to obtain apples and apple juice from

Tullen’s apple farm just down the road near Pulbor-

ough. The air miles will be nil, but they will have un-

dergone a few miles in Alan’s car. So, strawberries,

blueberries and blackberries in the summer and apples

in the winter, all very local – any more ideas?

The issue of ordering for a Friday collection has

now arisen and been acted upon. You can send in or-

ders, preferably written on paper or in a little book and

we will have them ready for Friday.

On from the party On from the party On from the party On from the party

It was a party for all, with a glass of bubbly, a chance

to meet everyone after the summer. The mood music

is upbeat and optimistic.

This is very useful for meat from the Chiddingfold

butcher. It is like returning to the days of our parents!

We shall also be doing similar orders for Christ-

mas and producing a list of basic products for the

magazine, so watch this space.

You can see that this open day has done some-

thing to us. Perhaps it was the wine we drank – excel-

lent for customer bonding. We are hoping to do repeats

every quarter. Our mood is now upbeat. A word for this

is optimistic!

Come and join us to be part of this operation.

We still need more volunteers. Without them we would

not be here. P.J.U.

A brace of Philips: Underwood & Ryland

Jacqueline, and Sue & Arthur Blackman

Mary commanding the Bridge in the humming Deli


L ate autumn/pre-winter is a good time either to

start or to keep composting as there’s a great

deal of material collected from your pre-winter

garden clean up. This could be thrown into the com-

post bin and left to compost ready for the spring.

Falling autumn leaves can become a nuisance,

especially if you're constantly raking them off the

lawn. Leaves, prunings, dead plants and flowers are

great additions to the compost bin, producing a rich

compost ideal for spring planting. If you've ever

thought of making compost, autumn is the perfect time

for it Come spring you'll have some wonderfully rich

and nutrient-filled topsoil – all made free.

To help you get started, the Surrey Waste Part-

nership is offering home composting bins at great

prices, starting from £14.00 (RRP £39.00).

Composting is a natural process that transforms

both your garden and kitchen waste into valuable and

nutrient rich food for your garden. For example, au-

tumn leaves are a great source of "brown," high-carbon

material for the compost.

Simply alternate layers of leaves with the regular

“green” materials you'd add to your compost bin (such

as vegetable and fruit scraps, weeds, grass clippings,

and plants that you pull out in your autumn garden

clean-up) and let it sit over the winter. Turn the pile

when you think of it, and by planting time you'll have

finished compost. If you have lots of leaves to put into

your compost bin, put the excess into a bin bag, make

a few holes in it and leave in a corner of the garden or

shed where they will make a great mulch.

Tea bags and coffee grounds Making compost is simple; family waste such as

empty cereal packets and egg boxes; fruit scraps and

vegetable peelings; tea bags and coffee grounds, are in

fact great ingredients to make compost. Mix this in

with garden waste and you have the perfect recipe.

Home composting is the most environmentally

friendly method of dealing with organic waste. Sepa-

rating and composting household waste, not only re-

duces the amount waste that you put out for collection,

but also saves you money. Use it on your flower beds

and vegetable plots, patio planters, hanging baskets

and even window boxes. Compost keeps your plants

growing healthily, by improving soil structure and

fertility, maintaining moisture levels and PH balance.

To buy a bin or to dig up more advice on how to

turn your garden waste and table scraps into compost,

Get compostingGet compostingGet compostingGet composting

Every home with a garden should make its own compost. It’s easy

and rewarding, says the Surrey Waste Partnership

visit www.surreycc.gov.uk/getcomposting or call 0844

571 4444.

● The Surrey Waste Partnership is made up of Surrey

County Council and the 11 district and borough coun-

cils in the county to manage Surrey’s waste in the most

efficient, economic and sustainable way possible.

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One to ponder A businessman put in planning permission to build a nightclub complete with dancing girls. The local church started a vigorous campaign to block it from opening. The church launched a petition and held prayers in public. Work progressed, however, right up until the week before opening. Then a bolt of lightning hit the club and it burned to the ground.

The church members were rather smug until the nightclub owner sued them all on the grounds that they were responsible for the fire. Loudly pro-testing their innocence, the church members were taken to court.

As the case began, the judge looked over the paperwork and observed: "I don't know how I'm go-ing to decide this. We have a nightclub owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that doesn't."


S o, a month after a chap from Reading gets a slap

on the wrist for around six motoring offences on

our patch – including theft of a Transit van

(with a digger inside it), driving while disqualified,

injuring a police officer, I could go on – guess what

happened this month?

A lady from Seale (perhaps ‘lady’ isn’t the

appropriate word) let’s one of God’s own creatures, a

horse, starve to death in its stable.

“She should be shot,” I hear you cry. But, no, she

was banned from owning an animal for five years,

ordered to do 100 hours of community service and

charged £250 costs. It makes my blood boil. If you

want more details, dig out the Surrey Advertiser for 10

September. It’s on page 5.

Meanwhile, the other half and I popped over to

Clandon Park last week and enjoyed a pleasant walk

around the house and grounds. It reminded me of John

Janaway’s book, Haunted Places of Surrey, which

features Clandon Park. Here’s what John had to say

about Clandon:

“C landon Park is a fine house built between

1713 and 1729 for Thomas, second Lord

Onslow, by a Venetian architect, Giacomo Leoni. It is

now in the care of the National Trust.

There are reports from here of three ghosts. One

is described as a “hairy-faced” man and the other two

are female spirits, one dressed in black. However, it is

the female ghost associated with Thomas Onslow that

is the best documented.

“Too long in the body, too large in the posteriors,

too short in the legs”, was how the author, C E Vul-

liamy, described Thomas Onslow. The man’s unusual

anatomical shape and “waddling progress” led to him

acquiring the nickname, Dicky Ducklegs. He was “a

man with a plain, smooth, pompous face; not the face

of one who is likely to be distinguished in great affairs

or brilliant enterprise”, wrote Vulliamy.

While lacking brain, Thomas showed a certain

shrewdness when it came to money. He was a rich

man, but he added to his wealth by marrying an heir-

ess, Elizabeth. Knight, whose family had acquired

their fortune from estates in Jamaica.

A surviving portrait of Elizabeth was described

by Vulliamy as showing her as “neither attractive nor

ugly, rather homely than aristocratic, and certainly

unfashionable”. Her father-in-law, the famous speaker

of the House of Commons, Arthur Onslow, described

her as “a woman of the truest goodness of mind and

heart I ever knew”. Much of her money, it is said, went

into the building of Clandon Park, but the poor woman

had but a brief time as mistress of the house for she

died in 1731.

Tradition has it that Elizabeth was unhappy at

Clandon, where she found no peace of mind and

probably no love either. Possibly, she felt used, as it

seemed that Dicky Ducklegs had wanted just two

things from his wife – a fortune and a male heir, both

of which she ably provided.

Elizabeth still walks the corridors and grounds of

Clandon Park. Her ghost has been described as “a dark

lady dressed in cream satin'”. She has been spotted

carrying what appears to be a large knife, which seems

somewhat at odds with what we know about her char-

acter. She has walked right through the front wall of

the house, a gliding figure who visits each room in

turn before resuming her garden rambles outside the

back wall. Maybe she is still searching for the happi-

ness that eluded her in life. C E Vulliamy’s version of

the haunting is much more in keeping with the lady as

she was in life. In The Onslow Family, the author

wrote of Elizabeth's appearance on the gallery above

the hall, where “her pale unfashionable spirit wanders

in the gentlest way, a sad whispering wraith in silver

brocade”.

Ghost huntingGhost huntingGhost huntingGhost hunting

Magpie goes in search of an unhappy ghost at Clandon Park but, first of

all, rails against someone’s cruel treatment of her horse and

her mild punishment


A utumn is upon us thinks Earthworm from his

snug heap! The days have been long and

sunny through the first half of September, but,

as the sun goes down, a chill envelopes one, a jersey is

needed and one almost feels the need for a little heat.

Surely, thinks Earthworm, one cannot be tempted

already to put heating on or light a cosy fire? But the

trees are a tell-tale, for they are starting to turn. There

are road-side maples with a distinct orange-red hue;

chestnut leaves are starting to curl at the edges

Earthworm reflects on the summer. Dry in June

and July for sure, and some very warm days in May,

but one can hardly claim that August has been a splen-

did time to take an “at-home” holiday. There were

pictures of deserted beaches and empty deck-chairs

and a feeling of disappointment in some quarters.

Of course sunshine is not essential for holiday

enjoyment, says Earthworm smugly, and we English

philosophically regard it as a bonus. Earthworm likes

to keep cool! There is much fun to be had on the beach

on a blustery day and, so long as one is correctly at-

tired for a shower (or two), walking, hiking and biking

can still be enjoyable. As for camping, the most impor-

tant thing is that the tent does not leak! A small tent

can be very restricting in really wet weather, but so

many camp sites now have such sophisticated equip-

ment that they begin to approach a smart hotel at half

the price.

Now it is time to look forward to half-term,

which will soon be upon us. Earthworm really enjoys

this autumn break when winter seems quite far off. But

already the shops have Christmas sales areas and let-

ters of appeal start to drop daily through the letter box.

Is it the case, wonders Earthworm, that charities think

that if they are the first to ask for money they will be

the first to get it? Whom should one support (if any)

for your Christmas card choice? Earthworm is happy

to look at them all and then to go to the local museum

where most will be on sale (from mid-October) and

make his final choices. It is astonishing how much

money is raised in this way and all that is needed is a

lot of kind and friendly volunteers to man the till.

In July, the farmers must have been smiling as

the sun shone – wheat prices remained at a high and all

looked set for a bumper harvest. But a shortage of

straw could not be remedied as the Spring drought

gave the crops such short stems. How the picture

changed in August. Earthworm watched as the heads

of corn in the wheat fields changed from a golden col-

our to pale brown and the rain continued. When a light

wind with sunshine allowed them to resume harvest-

ing, farmers must have been counting the cost, not

only in lost yields but in the cost of drying what had

been salvaged, and paying over-time wages as the

combines continued in to the night. Who would be a

farmer?

The summer that wasThe summer that wasThe summer that wasThe summer that was


“F unny old thing, life”, Abraham Lincoln is

reputed to have said as he arrived at the

theatre one evening to see Our American

Cousin. October – season of mists and mellow fruitful-

ness . . . and conkers.

Did you also know that, apart from riding a vin-

tage motor bike and being a poofy morris dancer, I

organise a conker match each year? Did you know that

there is a bunch calling themselves The Campaign for

Real Conkers? Worst, did you know that there is a

national shortage of conkers? Its spokesman, Keith

Flett, told me this news, which should make every red-

blooded schoolboy over the age of 50 howl and wail.

Keith says that the conker crop has failed be-

cause of a hot early summer and a poor August. Many

conkers – sniff` – have already fallen from the tress

and are much too small. He adds that the World

Conker Championship, to be held in Aston,

Northamptonshire, may even have to be cancelled –

sob. Still, I suppose it’s just fortunate that real children

aren’t allowed to play with conkers any more.

I suggested using Goodwife Jan’s pickled

shallots as a substitute. Then I thought better of it

because I didn’t want anyone hit by an RHFS (rock

hard flying shallot). But not a word to GWJ.

Don’t forget the tribute Faulty Towers show at

the Harriers on the 5th and 6th (see opposite) – mad.

Then there’s the London Philharmonic Skiffle

Orchestra at the Village Hall on the 29th. Last year,

GWJ was on stage with a wash board. Great Fun.

Now a poem by Bill Greenwell – talk of redolent

of my youth:

The playground milk, half-heated, slightly sour,

School lunches (cabbage-polish-semolina);

The chlorinated pools that made me cower,

Like a dab of CTC, the pungent cleaner.

The rubber masks when dentists put you under,

The Brilliantine with which I slicked my hair;

The damp aroma of approaching thunder,

The fug of Senior Service round Dad’s chair.

The sugared, sickly sniff of Lucozade;

The seaweed’s salty stench on Bamburgh’s beach;

The burnt whiff of a cap-gun fusillade;

An early girlfriend's kiss (her lipstick, peach).

Carbolic niffs of Izal (Medicated);

The resin on my teacher's violin;

A sherbet's fizz and tang – we were elated;

And a subtly powdered scent – my mother’s skin.

Next, what do you think of this piece about badg-

ers that I chanced upon – a rant or not?

The new government is to start culling the nation’s TB-riddled badger population this autumn. Brilliant. The Badger Trust, the bodiced Keystone Kops of the Brock protection racket, will go nuclear. Make yourselves a nice cup of tea, ladies. Along with hunt saboteurs and rapacious supermarkets chiselling farmers, no group of the past decade has so aptly represented New La-bour's loathing of the real English countryside.

Old Stripey's comeuppance is not a moment too soon. Crowded out of its traditional field-bank setts, the breed is now migrating to village gardens. There’s a family of them in a disused privy three doors down from me. Its quacking street-brawls rend the night air. Neighbours pour creosote along boundary fences, but Brock holds its nose and hops over to trample and crap in the carrot beds.

Pest Control at County Hall passes the buck to a quango called Natural England, bossy enforcer of the Badger Trust's tomfoolery and keeper of what its web-site proudly describes as “one of the highest densities of badgers in Europe”. Natural England won't issue a licence to move a sett unless it's wrecking your cottage — then duns sends you the bill.

Smarter badgers now tunnel into village grave-yards where (for obvious reasons) the worm count is higher. Coffin handles are appearing on sett spoil heaps. “They're now within a few yards of my grand-mother's grave,” one woman told our local paper. “At this rate they'll destroy the graves of my great-grandparents and great-great-grand father buried nearby.”

RIP Mr Brock.

Endangered speciesEndangered speciesEndangered speciesEndangered species

Yes, but which is the endangered species? Ross’s beloved conkers

or Brock the Badger? It’s not as obvious as you might think

Ross’s icons of England –

Axmouth Harbour, Devon



O ver the next few issues I plan to write about a

series of different crime prevention subjects.

This month I am writing about “Reducing

Vehicle Crime”. A new car or motorbike is usually the

second most valuable purchase we make. Statistically,

vehicle theft and theft from vehicles make up a third of

all crime reported in England and Wales.

So, when leaving your car:

■ Don’t leave anything inside your car.

■ Remove the stereo or stereo fascia if possible

■ Remove satellite navigation devices if possible

remove the support cradle. Wipe away any suction

marks left on the dashboard or windscreen

■ Leave your glove box open to show it is empty

■ Close windows and sunroofs

■ Lock the doors and boot

Parking ■ Keep your car parked in a garage if possible and

lock both vehicle and garage

■ When away from home, or if you don’t have a

garage, always try to park in a well-lit open location

Extra Precautions

■ If your car does not have an alarm get one fitted and

use it each time you park

■ Fit a tracking device to your vehicle

■ Protect your tax disc with a tamper-proof disk holder

■ Look after your keys and keep them out of sight

even at home

■ Secure expensive alloy wheels using locking wheel

nuts

■ Have the vehicle’s registration number or vehicle

identification number (VIN) etched on each window

■ Secure number plates with anti-tamper or clutch

head screws or purchase theft-resistant number plates

that break into small pieces when removed

■ Never store driving documents or vehicle documents

in the car. Keep them at home.

Motorbikes Like car crime, most motorbike crime is opportunist

and therefore preventable. Follow these safety tips to

minimise the chance of becoming a victim of

motorbike crime.

■ Always lock your bike and set the alarm if it has one

When leaving your bike for some time, try to lock it to

something secure

■ Have your bike marked with its vehicle

identification number (VIN).

■ Don’t leave items such as helmets or other

possessions with your bike

■ Use a motorbike cover

If you have any issues or concerns please feel

free to stop Dave or me. If you would like to contact

us, please call 01483 630086 or email

[email protected]

We also have a page on the Surrey Police

website – Please see the link http://

w w w . s u r r e y . p o l i c e . u k / n e i g h b o u r h o o d /

neighbourhood.asp?area=WVMW

And here are extracts from Tracey’s latest report to Hambledon Parish Council

Ron Vickery called in on 19 August about a van in the

village. It is of interest to Surrey Police as it has been

seen across West Surrey in suspicious circumstances

(possible in connection with the theft of metal).

Throughout 2010, the A283 between the Cherry

Tree roundabout, Milford and the county border with

Sussex at Rodgate Lane, Haslemere, has been

designated a priority casualty-reduction route. This

means that we will be, and already are, looking at

measures with regard to speeding, and anti-social

parking. We will be working with the roads policing

department and the casualty reduction officer on this

issue.

PCSO Dave Boxall and I carried out speed

checks on the A283 Petworth Road one morning in

August near to Phillips of Wormley garage. In one

hour we “pinged” 185 cars. Out of that total, only nine

(less than five in 100) exceeded the speed limit (speeds

of 52 mph x2, 53 mph x1, 55 mph x1, 56 mph x2, and

one of 71 mph).

The driver speeding at 71 mph has been reported

and will be summoned to attend court. The others were

dealt with by means of Driver Alert Education,

whereby the driver is offered participation in the

Driver Alert Programme (the alternative is

prosecution). Drivers who opt to participate in the

scheme are shown a picture that relates to the offence -

in this case speeding. I have found that this has a far

greater impact than issuing a ticket.

Residents across our area continue to raise

speeding as their main priority. Dave and I will be

planning random checks across the area for the

foreseeable future.

Finally, we are on the move. Godalming Safer

Neighbourhood team moved to Waverley Borough

Council Offices on Monday 27 September. Contact

telephone numbers and e-mail address stay the same

(see page 28)

Let’s cut car crimeLet’s cut car crimeLet’s cut car crimeLet’s cut car crime

Follow these simple tips from Hambledon’s neighbourhood police officer,

Tracey Taylor, and you will cut the chances that you’ll be

a victim of car crime



HAMBLEDON CRICKET CLUBHAMBLEDON CRICKET CLUBHAMBLEDON CRICKET CLUBHAMBLEDON CRICKET CLUB

The cricket season is over for another year and the club had some reasonably

good results.

Village League Division 1 Village League Division 1 Village League Division 1 Village League Division 1 ---- Hambledon 1 Hambledon 1 Hambledon 1 Hambledon 1stststst XI XI XI XI Hambledon 1st XI were 4th in the 1st Division this year. We could not quite

maintain the winning results as last year when we were 1st.

Village League Division 2 Village League Division 2 Village League Division 2 Village League Division 2 ---- Hambledon 2 Hambledon 2 Hambledon 2 Hambledon 2ndndndnd XI XI XI XI Hambledon 2nd XI were 4th in the 2nd Division which shows that they again

had a good season.

Hambledon Friendly XI won the match against Flemish Giants on Sunday

Sept. 12th but lost against Uplands on Sunday at home on Sunday Sept. 19th

Fund Raising:Fund Raising:Fund Raising:Fund Raising: The 200 Club winners for August and Sept. are:

The Hambledon CC’s Presentation Dinner took place on the evening of Sat. 25th Sept. at Hambledon Village

Hall with the final “Grand Draw“ for the “The 200 Club”. At the time of writing, good luck to all participants.

For any information about the club, please call:

The Captains: Ian Houston (020 74502591 or 0775183264); Martin Johnson (01483 452811);

Secretary: Bruce Sleep (01428 684454); our President, Mic. Coleman, ( 01428 682977) or

our Welfare Officer Bob Cunningham on (01428 683970).

Arthur Blackman, Chairman

September: The 4 winners were

£50 Number 171 Suzy Sheppard Smith

£30 Number 56 A H P Parker

£20 Number 114 Bob Cunningham

£10 Number 31 D. Lindley

August: The 4 winners were

£50 Number 68 Raymond Smith

£30 Number 30 Bob Luff

£20 Number 45 A.M. Bailey

£10 Number 43 RG. & PA Williams

Children said...Children said...Children said...Children said...

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the

group picture. ‘Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say: ‘There's Jennifer,

she’s a lawyer’ or ‘That’s Michael, he’s a doctor..’

A small voice at the back of the room rang out: ‘and there's the teacher, she's dead.’

Exam answers...Exam answers...Exam answers...Exam answers...

Sometimes a law of nature is very similar to a law of

the spirit. Take the whole business of harvest, or

‘sowing and reaping’. The Bible tells us: “A farmer

who plants just a few seeds will get only a small crop,

but if he plants much, he will reap much.” (2 Corinthians 9:6)

The most sensitive nerve on our body is the one that

runs to our cheque book. Money represents our time,

our security and our hard work. It gives us independ-

ence and power. So when God begins to talk to us

about giving more of our money to him – sowing it in

his service – we can feel very alarmed.

The seed a farmer sows in a field may sometimes be

lost, but not the seed that we give to God. What we

sow with regards to our time, gifts and money in ser-

vice to others God will make sure we one day reap – in

a harvest of spiritual riches that we can never lose

Harvest time for YOU Harvest time for YOU Harvest time for YOU Harvest time for YOU


in the South Eastin the South Eastin the South Eastin the South East The best cookery corner

The best cookery corner



Pork chops with cider

Pork chops and pomsPork chops and pomsPork chops and pomsPork chops and poms

Guy Lemieux serves up a wonderfully simple recipe for a tasty autumn

supper and – all the way from Oz – June Jazwinska gives us a nice recipe for

biscuits with a very Australian name

Small knob of butter

4 pork cops

8 rashers of bacon, cut in pieces

2 carrots, cut into chunks

4 potatoes, cut into chunks

1 small swede, cut into chunks

Half a Savoy cabbage, cut into chunks

2 bay leaves

6 fluid oz cider

6 fluid oz chicken stock

Heat the butter in a heat-proof casserole dish and then fry the chops for 3 minutes on each side, until browned. Remove from the dish then tip the bacon, carrots, potatoes and swede into the dish until they, too, are slightly coloured. Stir in the cabbage, then add the chops on top. Add

the bay leaves and pour over the stock and the cider. Cover the pan and simmer gently for 25 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and the chops are cooked through. This can all be done in one pot for the perfect yet simple autumn dinner. Serves 4

Anzac biscuits

75 grams of plain flour

100 grams butter

1 table spoon golden syrup

1 tea spoon bicarbonate of soda

200 grams white suger

75 grams desiccated coconut

100 grams rolled oats

25 grams chopped walnuts (optional)

1 table spoon hot water

Melt the butter in a small pan. Dissolve bicarbonate of soda in the hot water and add to the melted but-ter. Add the syrup to the pan. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, add the melted butter mixture and mix well. Using a table spoon, press down enough mix to fill the spoon and level with a knife. Slip each biscuit on

a baking tray, flat side down Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 180 degrees C Leave to cool for 5 minutes, then remove to a cake rack. This will be enough for 20 to 25 small biscuits. They should be soft and chewy, so it’s important they are not overcooked.


P rojects to help the garden look it’s best for the rest

of this season, and prepare for winter and spring:

Perennials, annuals, and bulbs Spring may

seem a long way off, but do you remember as you

went into your garden last Spring, and seeing... the

first new growth of the new year? By planting now,

you will speed the first new growth by as much as a

month. Bulbs should be planted e.g. daffodils, tulips,

hyacinths, dwarf irises, anemone, and crocus: add

Bone meal or Bulb fertilizer into the planting hole, as

you prepare the soil. Most should be in the ground by

the early part of this month, except Tulips which may

be planted up until early November.

Before the ground freezes dig tender bulbs, corms

and tubers e.g. Gladiolas, Dahlias, Begonias, and store

in a cool, dark area, or mulch well. Use a box of

slightly moist peat moss. Gladiola can be stored in a

paper bag without additional packing.

Water any new plantings and perennials divided

and moved last month, if dry. There is still time to set

out winter pansies, etc. Keep a little colour in the gar-

den for as long as possible.

Watch your thermometer on colder nights. A

windless, cold, clear night can mean a sharp frost.

Keep Chrysanthemums and Asters blooming longer if

you provide a little frost protection e.g. a simple frame

covered with fleece or a bed sheet, adding a month or

more of flowers - but remove it afterwards.

At the first frost bring indoors geraniums, fuchsias

begonias and move other tender plants to a cold frame.

Mulch Autumn planted perennials to keep soil

warm longer, allowing root growth to continue - plants

need time to harden off for winter. Do a thin layer after

planting, and then thicken once the ground has frozen.

Save seeds of wildflowers to sow next spring.

Shrubs and trees In Autumn and winter you can

plant or transplant evergreen and deciduous trees and

shrubs, while dormant with minimal shock to plants.

If Rhododendrons or shrubs have root weevils,

release parasitic nematodes under the affected plants.

Edibles Harvesting fruits and vegetables is the

best part of growing them. Most fruits and vegetables

are best eaten fresh the day they’re picked, but the

season can extend by freezing, drying, storing etc.

Dig and divide congested clumps of rhubarb. Cut

back summer raspberry canes to prevent damage

caused by winter winds.

Root crops such as carrots and parsnips can be

left in the ground and dug as needed, but mulch to

keep the ground from freezing, After harvesting, plant

a green manure of clover, soybeans, or vetch to dig in

next spring. These produce nitrogen providing organic

matter and food for next year crops as well as helping

to control weeds over the winter.

Lawn Care Mow as long as the grass grows.

House Plants Keep Poinsettias and Christmas

Cactus indoors where they get ten hours of bright

light and fourteen hours of total darkness, each day.

Around 18 to 21° for Poinsettias, but cooler 13 to 16°

for the cactus. The longer house plants are outside the

more shock they get when moved indoors. If not in

yet, do it now. Watch for insect or disease damage

and control the problem.

Autumn rains get slugs and snails going again,

so apply bait to prevent them from reproducing again

in Autumn, and fewer slugs in spring. Keep weeding

now to save time prevent thousands next spring!

Rake lawn and garden clean of leaves etc, adding

with grass mowings to the compost.

Clean and oil garden tools for winter storage. E.g.

put sand and oil in a bucket, then slide the tools

around in it, cleaning and oiling to prevent rusting.

Mark your perennials with permanent tags, or create a

map showing their locations so you'll know where and

what they are when they die back at the end of the

season. This will help you to avoid digging up some-

thing you intended to keep when you plant bulbs and

plants this Autumn and next spring.

The birds continue to migrate. Give them some

food for their long journey.

Prepare for cooler timesPrepare for cooler timesPrepare for cooler timesPrepare for cooler times and Europomand Europomand Europomand Europom

Dividing, planting, mulching, harvesting, tidying up

and protecting from frost. Also a rare visit opportunity

to see pan-Europe fruit on display nearby.

The Garden

in October

Take a day out: Why not visit

Europom held for the

first time in the UK at

Wisley, from Thursday

21st to Sunday 24th October 2010, in conjunction with

the RHS Taste of Autumn event, & Sunday 24th for

the Europom lecture day. Go early - parking problems. * Europom is a cooperation between associations in

Europe to conserve, promote and study regional fruit.



Puzzle Page

Answers to all puzzles on page 31

Word Search

Autumn is underway – the leaves are turning gold, the chilly

nights are closing in and the shops are full of Halloween

things.

Our ancestors were frightened of the dark and cold of

winter, and feared that evil things might attack them. So

they lit fires and wore frightening masks, to ward off evil

spirits. But Christianity taught a much better way: it taught

that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that when he died

for us on the cross, he overcame all the powers of evil that

there are. So we don’t need charms to ward off evil, we just

need to turn to Jesus in prayer. He will protect us from any

power of darkness that menaces our lives. The Psalms say

that he is our shield and protector.

Easy Sudoku Intermediate Sudoku

ACROSS 7 Early settler, explorer (7) 9 Red powder used as a cosmetic (5) 10 Fairy-like being (3) 11 Inhabited, occupied (9) 12 First public

performance (5) 14 Globe of the visual organ(7) 16 Clean (a fish) (7) 18 Take a place ahead of

your proper turn (3,2) 19 Dog used to scent

game (3,6) 20 American__, Don

McLean song (3) 21 Suit in a pack of cards (5) 22 Fiendish, diabolical (7)

DOWN 1 First-rate, super (8) 2 Use your __ , think(4)

3 Dictator (6) 4 Framework of

metal bars (6) 5 Take away (in a sum) (8) 6 Supply nourishment (4) 8 Acted as an agent (11)13 Large low-pitched percussion instrument(4,4) 15 Mercy (8) 17 Reluctant, unwilling (6) 18 Shiny silver metal

plating (6) 19 Funny but slightly rude (4) 20 Breathe heavily (4)


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GP SURGERIES AND HEALTH CENTRES

Witley – The Surgery, Wheeler Lane, Witley GU8 5QR Tel: Doctors 01428 682218 Community Nurses 01428 685249 Health Visitors 01428 685249

Milford – Hurst Farm Surgery, Chapel Lane, Milford GU8 4EG

Tel: Doctors 01483 415885

Crossroads Surgery, Church Road, Milford GU8 5JQ Tel: Doctors 01483 414461 Health Visitors & Community Nurses 01483 415564

Chiddingfold – Ridgeley Road, GU8 4QP Tel: Doctors 01428 683174 Community Nurses 01428 683735

HOSPITALS

Royal Surrey County Hospital 01483 571122 Milford Hospital 01483 782000

Equipment for short term use Some items only required for a short time (usually 3 months) may be borrowed. Type of equipment available includes bed blocks, bed cradles, back rests, commodes, wheelchairs, bed pans, urinals. Contact: Medical Loans Service, British Red Cross, Pines Business Park, Off Aldershot Rd (10-12.30pm Mon-Fri, 10-11.30am Sat) 01483 532117 or Mrs Hayle, Weycourt Godalming (Open Tues 7.30-8.30 pm) 01483 416326

POLICE Neighbourhood Specialist Officer: PC Tracey Taylor PCSO Dave Boxall 01483 630086 Email address [email protected] Urgent calls 999 Non-urgent and crime reporting 0845 125 2222 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH CO-ORDINATORS Area 1 Mr R. Kilsby Hydestile 01483 423637 Area 2 Mr A.G. Blackman Church Lane 01428 683871 Area 3 Miss J. Woolley Woodlands Road 01428 684213 Area 4 Mrs C. Pitt Malthouse Lane 01428 682940 Area 5 Mr A. Hammond Cricket Green 01428 683625 Area 6 Mr J. Tidmarsh Lane End 01428 682067 Area 7 Mr I. Campbell Feathercombe Lane 01483 860264 Area 8 Ms L Roberts Hambledon Park 01428 685075 Parish Council Representative Mr R. Vickery 01428 682036

UTILITIES Thames Water (Customer Enquiries) 0845 9200800 Southern Water (Customer Enquiries) 0845 2780845 Southern Electric (Emergency) 24 Hours 0845 7708090 Gas (Emergency) 24 hours 0800 111 999


HAMBLEDON PARISH COUNCIL

Chairman John Anderson 01428 682666

Vice-Chairman Philip Underwood 01428 682742

Councillors Jane Caie 01428 685258 Derek Miller 01428 684362 Stewart Payne 01483 425250 Paul Pattinson 01428 682000 Ron Vickery 01428 682036 Clerk Jane Woolley 01428 684213

Surrey County Councillor Dr Andrew Povey, 01483 267443

Waverley Borough Councillors

Liz Cable 01428 682640 Adam Taylor-Smith 01483 555573

GENERAL

Borough Hall 01483 523333

Cinema Borough Hall (Tickets & Information) 01483 523004

Library 01483 422743

Hambledon Village Shop is able to arrange deliveries 01428 682176 Hambledon Village Hall – for terms and bookings 01428 683588 Train Information Times and fares for all national services 0845 7484950

GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME

Lifts to medical appointments, collecting prescriptions for Hambledon residents without transport, ring 01428 682959. If no response within 24 hours please call 01428 682702

VETERINARY SURGEONS

North Downs Veterinary Group 37, New Road, Milford 01483 414747 Rivendell 24, St Johns Street, Farncombe 01483 421833

In an emergency, ring either number

Hambledon Village Shop & Post Office

Opening Times

Shop Post Office

Monday 9 – 5.00 9.30 – 12.30 1.30 – 4.30

Tuesday 9 – 5.00 9.30 – 12.30 Closed

Wednesday 9 – 5.00 9.30 – 12.30 Closed

Thursday 9 – 5.00 9.30 – 12.30 1.30 – 4.30

Friday 9 – 5.00 9.30 – 12.30 1.30 – 4.30

Saturday 9 – 1.00 9.30 – 12.30 Closed

Sunday 9 – 12.00 Closed Closed



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