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OTHER VILLAGE CONTACTS
David Sayce
Mandy Creasey Iain Laurenson
Ian Caldwell
Pam Patch
Derek Holgate Jane Siegle
Vanessa Sadler
Ianthe Cox Sheena Boyce
Janine Lindsey-Jones
Margaret Miller
Catriona Martin Madeline Rietchel
Jane Douglass
Dr Jim Docking
Ken Caldwell Veronica Burville 843455
Liz Vahey
Doreen Dart
Julian Steed Sheila Dyer
Rhona Hill
242776
843610 248909
01306 882178
844138
842654 844496
843259/842175
844059
843105 448023
845999
842098
07710 498591 843782
843211
843260
843893
221444
842670
842220 842046
101
843044
Bell Ringers (practice Friday evenings)
Betchworth & Buckland Children’s Nursery Betchworth & Buckland Society (secretary)
Betchworth Decorative & Fine Arts Society
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
- Bookings
Reigate Pilgrims Cricket Club St. Catherine’s Hospice
Surrey Police - non-urgent
Women’s Institute
Websites: Church: www.stmarythevirginbuckland.net; Village: www.bucklandsurrey.net
Printed by Vincent Press Ltd. 01306 880177 [email protected]
BUCKLAND READING ROOM ACTIVITIES
01372 802602
842302 842302
248909
07831 919788
842082 842082
07939 560125
842082
843297 844267
Monday 1 - 4pm Art Group David Burrells
4.15 - 5.15pm Rainbows Jane Stewart 5.30 - 7pm Brownies Jane Stewart
1st/3rd Mons 10am - 12 noon U3A Singing Meike Laurenson
Tuesday 10am - 12 noon Tiny Tots Hazel Davies
2 - 5.15pm Tues. Bridge Club Richard Wheen Wednesday 10am - 12.30pm Bridge Class Richard Wheen
7 - 9pm Mindfulness Mark Whale
Thursday 2 - 5.45pm Thur. Bridge Club Richard Wheen
7 - 8.30pm Yoga Tilly Mitchell 2nd Saturday 1.30 - 5.30pm Sugar Guild Karen Hoad
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SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, BUCKLAND
Rector The Revd. Carol Coslett (842102). E-mail: [email protected]
Priest in
Retirement
The Revd. Canon David Eaton, Two Way House, Wheelers Lane,
Brockham RH3 7LA (843915).Email: [email protected]
Reader His Honour Peter Slot, The Red House, Old Reigate Road,
Betchworth RH3 7DR (842010). Email: [email protected]
Ordinand
in training
Helen Burnett, 24 Flanchford Road, Reigate RH2 8AB (243606).
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.
Mrs Melanie Marsh. Parish Office in Reading Room (845935).
Email: [email protected]
Hon.
Treasurer
Trevor Cooke, Clifton Cottage, Cliftons Lane, Reigate RH2 9RA
(245161). Email: [email protected]
Hon.
Secretary
Mrs Rosey Davy. Email: [email protected]
Organist Melvin Hughes, Ashcroft, 10 Ridgegate Close, Reigate RH2 0HT
(241355). Email: [email protected]
Safeguarding
Officer
Ms Hannah Wilson, 56 Churchfield Road, Reigate RH2 9RH
(248984). 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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Articles for the May 2016 issue must be with the Editor by Sunday
10th April, please. No acknowledgement of items for the magazine will be sent (unless submitted by email).
Editorial The editor reserves the right to shorten or omit articles
submitted for publication or, where appropriate, to publish them the following month. Views expressed in this magazine are those of the contributor and are not
necessarily shared by the editor or other church staff.
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editor.
10 Apr
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).
April 2016: Issue No. 1081
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BRIDGE
North leads a ♠ for South to ruff, and South returns a small ♣ to North’s ♣K. North
now leads ♥5. East cannot afford to throw a ♣ or a ♦ on this (otherwise he immediately sets up a further minor suit winner for South), so he
throws his ♠ and South throws his small ♣. North now plays his ♦ to
East’s ♦A, and East now has to return a ♣ to South’s minor suit winners.
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON PREVIOUS PAGES
This month’s easier SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 8, Transgressors. 9, Out. 10, Ephesians. 11, Throb. 13, Ramadan. 16, Nearest. 19, Neath. 22, Childless. 24, Ant. 25, Excommunicate. DOWN: 1, Utmost. 2, Easter. 3, Assemble. 4, Archer. 5, Isis. 6, To hand. 7, As a son. 12, Hoe. 14, Monastic. 15, Apt. 16, Nuclei. 17, A piece. 18, Tied up. 20, Ararat. 21, Hatred. 23, Dome. The Bible version used in our crosswords is the NIV. Crosswords are reproduced by kind permission of BRF and John Capon, originally
published in Three Down, Nine Across, by John Capon (£6.99 BRF).
W
C R O S S
R
D
Last month’s harder SUDOKU
4 5 3 6 8 9 2 1 7
1 8 6 7 2 5 4 9 3
9 7 2 1 3 4 8 6 5
7 1 5 2 9 6 3 4 8
2 4 8 3 5 1 6 7 9
6 3 9 4 7 8 5 2 1
8 6 7 9 5 4 1 5 2
5 2 1 8 6 7 9 3 4
3 9 4 5 1 2 7 8 6
4 5 2 8 3 1 9 7 6
6 9 8 5 7 2 3 4 1
3 7 1 9 4 6 8 2 5
5 3 9 1 6 7 4 8 2
8 1 7 2 8 4 6 5 3
2 6 4 3 5 8 1 9 7
7 8 3 4 1 5 2 6 9
9 4 5 6 2 3 7 1 8
1 2 6 7 8 9 5 3 4
4 5 3 6 8 9 2 1 7
1 8 6 7 2 5 4 9 3
9 7 2 1 3 4 8 6 5
7 1 5 2 9 6 3 4 8
2 4 8 3 5 1 6 7 9
6 3 9 4 7 8 5 2 1
8 6 7 9 4 3 1 5 2
5 2 1 8 6 7 9 3 4
3 9 4 5 1 2 7 8 6
PUZZLE OF THE MONTH ON PAGE 12
April fool
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“There and Back again!”
14 years ago I bought a young boy of 8 a tiny model of Bilbo Baggins from The
Hobbit. It was while we were up in Oxford, home of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the seed
was sown, but never did I imagine that as we moved into different clergy houses that
we would also be moving an increasingly larger landscape of “Tolkien’s Middle Earth”. Our garages have never had room for a car but has anyone’s?!
These models are going to be on show on 9th April in the Reading Room between 10
– 4pm (details later in the magazine). For me these models capture the adventure of Tolkien’s imaginary land and bring the whole understanding of the books to new
levels. The books are brought to life by recreating the characters and the scenery
within which they lived out their lives. The stories are retold, reread, their meanings
discussed, the symbolism explored, their theology unwrapped. Of course many of you will have read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and many more of you
will have seen the films and even perhaps enjoyed a performance of The Hobbit on
stage. The stories certainly capture our inner desires and quest for understanding
something greater than ourselves.
For Bilbo, his adventure leads him on a quest to restore some treasure to its rightful
owners and which results in him possessing “The Ring” with its magical qualities. It
is described as “my precious” by Gollom, but its magic is tainted with evil and in the wrong hands (Sauron’s) it could lead to the destruction of freedom and all that is
good, loved and valued.
Frodo Baggins has the task of ensuring this does not happen and sets out on a quest to restore justice and peace. The Road is fraught with dangers and temptations.
There are many sacrifices along the way and as Gandalf, the wizard, remarks a quest
is different from an adventure. An adventure is a “there and back again” affair
following one’s own wishes whilst a quest is never a matter of one’s own desires but rather of one’s calling. Over and over again Frodo asks why he has been chosen for
this dreadful task to carry the ring back to its source. His summons is not to find
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Continued from previous page
treasure but to lose it, and by so doing gain a greater treasure for all.
This is not too far removed from the Christian quest and journey, and can be likened
to the fulfilment of Christ’s life on earth. We have just celebrated Easter in the church and we rejoice that Christ lived among us, died for us and rose again. His
quest on earth resulted in the ultimate atonement for all the injustice in the world and
gave us all the freedom to follow Him on our own journey of Faith, Hope and Love.
As Christians we are called to follow a spiritual journey that will lead us to places
that challenge our perceptions of life, and require us to make sacrifices in the way we
lead our lives. We have just celebrated Easter in the church
and rejoice that Christ lived among us, died for us and rose again. Christ, through His sacrifice, leaves us with hope for
the future to find our own destiny, as does the final chapter of
the trilogy, with Bilbo and Frodo sailing off into eternity. To
quote Frodo’s final words to his friend Sam: “It must often be so Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them
up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”
So come and make a visit into Middle Earth… on 9th
April... let your imagination
take you on your own quest ..
not so much “there and back again” but somewhere “
where many paths and
errands meet. And whither
then? I cannot say.”
Carol
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 with 1,000
years of history.
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Date Flowers Reader/Lesson Sidesman/Procession
3rd April Liz Lockhart
Mure
Acts 5. 27-32 8 Liz Vahey
10th April
Barbara
Westwell
Rosey Davy
Acts 9. 1-20
9.30 Rosey Davy
Jane England, Pat Evans, David Sayce
17th April Carol Leeds
Acts 9. 36-end
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10.30 Liz Vahey
Carol Leeds
24th April Philip Haynes
Acts 11: 1-18
9.30 Philip Haynes
Sue Haynes, Liz Vahey, Rosey Davy
Sue Haynes
1st May Pat Evans
Acts 16: 9-15
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9.30 Caroline Gale
Pat Evans Liz Vahey, David Sayce,
Simon Thomas
PEW CUSHIONS
I am not sure if there is anyone who can remember when we had new cushions in the
pews, but as you can see they are now getting rather tired and worn and are covered
with candle wax!! We have obtained some samples of foam and material from a specialised maker and the cost of each cushion will work out at about £80. We then
came up with the idea that may be somebody would like to sponsor a cushion in
memory of a loved one and help to lessen the cost to St. Mary’s. If you would like
to participate in this sponsorship idea please contact Churchwarden Liz Vahey on 221444 or Carol Leeds on 247399. We look forward to hearing from you
with ideas etc.
C.L.
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SUDOKUS First a mild one. Solution on page 38
And now a trickier one. Solution next month
Solution
on p.38
BRIDGE
South to lead in a ♥
contract. How can
N/S make 5 tricks against any defence?
NORTH
♠ 3 2 ♥ 5
WEST ♦ 2 EAST
♠ K 10 9 ♣ K 9 ♠ Q J
♥ 3 ♥ -
♦ Q SOUTH ♦ A ♣ 10 ♠ - ♣ Q J 8
♥ 4
♦ K 3
♣ A 7 6
7 8
3 6 1
5 2 6
9
3 9 8
9 6 1
1
8 5 1
4 5 9 6
4 5 7
6 2 1
7 1 8
1 6 2
9 4 5
2 8 1
3 1 9
9 3
2 7 5
CHURCHYARD TIDY UP
It would be good to be able to
clear up some of the graves and the edges in St. Mary’s
Churchyard during the spring
and we wonder which of the
Saturdays in April would be good for people to come and
help. We have the 2nd April,
16th April or 23rd. Please let
us know which day you can do. Looking forward to
hearing from you on
247399.
C.L.
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Date St Mary’s,
Buckland
St Michael’s,
Betchworth
3rd April
2nd of Easter
8 HC (BCP) 10.30 Joint Parish Communion
10th April
3rd of Easter
9.30 Parish Communion
(Iona) and APCM
8
11
HC (BCP)
Matins
17th April
4th of Easter
8
10.30
HC (BCP)
Joint All Age Family Service
5pm
Choral Evensong
24th April
5th of Easter
9.30 Parish Communion 8
11 5
HC (BCP)
Parish Communion Contemplative Prayer Group
1st May
6th of Easter
8
9.30
HC (BCP)
Parish Communion
11 Parish Communion
FROM THE REGISTERS Marriage
April 15th Samantha Pearce and Adam Maddocks, St Michaels
Funerals, Memorials and Burials
We send our condolences to those who are bereaved at this time:
21st February Burial of Ashes for Joan Duffy who died on the 18th December 2015, aged 53 of Denham Road, Burgess Hill
25th February Dr. Peter Anthony Jenkins who died on 9th February, aged 68 at East
Surrey Hospital and was formerly a resident of Betchworth
2nd March Sheila Colville Biles who died on 7th February 2016 aged 95, at Reigate Beaumont Care Home
11th March Kenneth Luff who died on 20th February, aged 89 at Westcott House
Nursing Home and was formerly a resident of Brockham and Trustee
of Betchworth United Charities 21st March Mary Veronica Smith who died on 25th February, aged 89, of
Lawrence Lane, Buckland
May they rest in peace and rise in glory.
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April diary
Page
Thur 7th 7.45pm WI Meeting 28
Sat
9th 10am-4pm Tolkien’s Middle Earth Model Showcase 3, 23
3.30pm B&B Society Valuations day 26
16th 10-12noon Nearly new sale 29
Sat 2-3.30pm Dorking Museum Family Activity 27
Thur 21st Brockham Hort. Society meeting 30
Sat 23rd 9.30-12.30pm Southwark Environmental update 11
Mon 25th 7.30pm Buckland Annual Parish Meeting 13
Wed 27th 2-4pm St Michaels drop-in 14
Fri 29th Saint Mark 17
The Brockham Bowls club meets on 14th April, and taster sessions are on
23rd and 30th April 25
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held in the Reading Room on Sunday 10th April at 10.45am.
We hope that many of you who are resident in the
parish or on the church electoral roll will be able to
attend. Refreshments will be served.
We will be electing churchwardens to stand for
another year, and PCC members. If anyone would like
to stand on the PCC please speak to the Rector. Anyone wishing to go on the Church Electoral Roll
should please contact Mrs Liz Vahey ( 221444)
(Please note that anyone disqualified under section 178 of the Charities Act 2011 because of bankruptcy or
conviction for an offence of dishonesty or deception is
not eligible to stand for the PCC or Deanery Synod).
Rosey Davy (PCC Secretary)
We wish Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II
a very happy 90th
birthday (21st April)
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CROSSWORD Solution on page 38
ACROSS 8 ‘He poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the — ’ (Isaiah 53:12) (13) 9 ‘When they had sung a hymn, they went — to the Mount of Olives’ (Matthew 26:30) (3) 10 Comes between Galatians and Philippians (9) 11 ‘Your heart will — and swell with joy’ (Isaiah 60:5) (5) 13 Muslim holy month (7) 16 Ten ears (anag.) (7) 19 Under (poetic abbrev.) (5) 22 How Abram described himself to God when he complained that his inheritance would pass to a servant (Genesis 15:2) (9) 24 ‘Go to the — , you sluggard’ (Proverbs 6:6) (3) 25 Debar from receiving Communion (13)
DOWN 1 My — for His Highest (Oswald Chambers’ best-known book) (6) 2 Festival of the resurrection (6) 3 ‘His sons will prepare for war and — a great army’ (Daniel 11:10) (8)
4 ‘Let not the — string his bow’ (Jeremiah 51:3) (6) 5 Name of the River Thames in and around Oxford (4) 6 ‘From then on Judas watched for an opportunity — — him over’ (Matthew 26:16) (2,4) 7 ‘But Christ is faithful — — — over God’s house’ (Hebrews 3:6) (2,1,3) 12 Long-handled implement used to till the soil (Isaiah 7:25) (3) 14 Order to which monks and nuns devote themselves (8) 15 Appropriate (Proverbs 15:23) (3)
16 I, uncle (anag.) (6) 17 ‘They gave him — — of broiled fish’ (Luke 24:42) (1,5) 18 ‘Weren’t there three men that we — — and threw into the fire?’ (Daniel 3:24) (4,2) 20 Mountain where Noah’s ark came to rest (Genesis 8:4) (6) 21 ‘Don’t you know that friendship with the world is — towards God?’ (James 4:4) (6) 23 Prominent architectural feature of large cathedrals such as St Paul’s (4)
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MUSIC IN DORKING 6th at 7.15, ballet screening at Dorking Halls, £17.50, 01306 881717
7th 14th 21st 28th at 8.30, Watermill Jazz at Aviva social club, £18-21, 07415 815784
9th at 7.30, Orchestra of the Swan at Dorking Halls, £14-29, 01306 740619
10th at 4.00, ballet screening at Dorking Halls, £17.50, 01306 881717
14th 15th 16th at 7.30, Leith Hill Musical Festival at Dorking Halls, £9-22, 01403 240093
16th at 7.00, Hexachordia at St Mary Magdalene, South Holmwood, £10, 01306
888922
21st at 8.00, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at Dorking Halls, £26.50, 01306 881717
25th at 7.15, opera screening at Dorking Halls, £17.50, 01306 881717
30th at 7.30, Ashtead Choral Society at Dorking Halls, £16-20, 07504 332354
PRAYER OF THE MONTH
Give me, good Lord, a humble, lowly,
quiet, peaceable, patient, charitable, kind, tender and
pitiful mind; with all my
works and all my words
and all my thoughts to have a taste of the holy blessed
spirit.
Sir Thomas More
GRACE OF THE MONTH
Dear Lord, your mercies are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Accept our grateful thanks for every
provision for all our needs, especially for
this food now before us: please use it to strengthen our bodies, and use our bodies
in your service. For Jesus Christ’s sake.
Rev. David Wheaton
POEM OF THE MONTH
Turn your love to Him, who in his love
Upon a cross, our souls to save today, First died, then rose, and sits in heaven
above;
And now will fail no-one, I dare to say,
That will his holy heart upon Him lay! And since he best to love is, and most
meek,
Why should we feigned love go to seek?
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)
THOUGHT OF THE MONTH
Hospitality: making your guests
feel like they’re at home, even
if you wish they were.
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Charlie Plumley with his
parents and the Rector, at his christening on 21st February,
reported in last month’s
magazine
WYCHCROFT PROGRAMME 2016
Wychcroft, the Southwark Diocesan Resource and Retreat Centre, at Bletchingley,
Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4NE, is a Victorian house 22 miles south of London in the
Surrey countryside, open to individuals and groups for training, prayer and reflection.
From March 2016 Wychcroft will be offering a wide range of quiet days, retreats and
study days. A calendar of events is given below.
For more information and to book any of the
listed events please contact Chris Chapman,
020 7939 9475. For information on booking Wychcroft for a parish or group event contact
him at [email protected]
01883 743041
Thursday March 17th
Soul Searching: Thomas Merton on conversion, prayer and compassion
Thursday April 21st:
A Touching Place with the Divine: Imaginative interaction with biblical
narrative
Tuesday May 10th Springtime and Sabbath-time: Poetry,
pictures and prayer
Tuesday June 7th: The Inner Life: Christianity,
Psychotherapy and the Practice of
Spirituality
Tuesday July 12th
Metamorphosis: Creation, creativity and
transformation
September 23rd to September 25th
Fear not for I have redeemed you: A
weekend retreat for those wishing to
discern their vocation
Tuesday October 12th Everybody’s got to be somewhere:
Reflections on prayer and place
Tuesday November 22nd to Thursday November 24th
Dark Valleys and Green Pastures: An
individually guided retreat
Tuesday December 13th:
Holding the Light in Advent: Quiet Day
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PILGRIMAGE TO IONA 16th-23rd JUNE 2017
This will be led by Jonathan Clark (Bishop of Croydon), Chris Skilton (Archdeacon
of Croydon), and Louise Ellis (Diocesan Discipleship and Vocations Missioner).
Iona is a tiny, beautiful island in the Inner Hebrides. In 563AD the Irish monk Columba established a settlement that evangelised large parts of the North and
became an important centre of European Christianity. Over the centuries it has
attracted many thousands of people on their own pilgrim journeys.
More information next month
St Bartholomew – Leigh with the Upper Mole Group of Churches – Invited us to this year’s Women’s World Day of Prayer service on Friday 4th March. The host
country would be Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, whose national flower is
the white butterfly jasmine. And it was with no surprise that we were greeted with
sprigs of jasmine – like flowers decorating the church aisle and leading us to the chancel where Cuban flags and fruit were on display. The musicians, not shy to the
influence of Cuban rhythms, struck a chord with piano, flute, guitar and Latin
percussion. Bright scarves and colourful dresses processed with Cuban symbols of
sugar cane, fruit, candles, maracas, diaries and the Bible.
The Christian women of Cuba gave us an invitation to learn from each generation
their own gift – to put children at the centre of God’s kingdom, and to hear Jesus’s
call to be that child. We are presented with many challenges. How can we be like a child? How do we treat children? In the gospel Mark tells of an occasion when
children are brought to Jesus to be blessed, and they are turned away by the disciples
as an unwanted distraction and nuisance. However, Jesus did want to bless them, for
he said, “It is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.” The night before this service, the Day of Prayer had already begun when the sun rose over Samoa with
the first service, and then continued to encircle the earth until the sun set once more
over American Samoa. Our congregation at Leigh joined the 3 million men and
women in 170 countries who joined Cuba in their prayers in this truly international and ecumenical world day of prayer.
Tom Briscombe
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BUCKLAND ONE WORLD GROUP
Alison and Martin Walsh are not strangers to Buckland, nor to Buckland One World
Group, but on 19th February they brought a distant country to life for those of us
who went to their talk ‘Sierra Leone: before and after Ebola’.
They spent the last three years living and commuting to and
from Sierra Leone in West Africa while Martin took on a
senior role helping manage the recovery of some of the country’s infrastructure including energy, sanitation,
agriculture and roads. Alison meanwhile threw herself into
community projects, including teaching English, fund raising
for educational projects and charities.
This was a Rolls Royce presentation on Sierra Leone. We were fortunate to become
completely absorbed in the way of life, in a country in extreme crisis. Did you know
that Sierra Leone was so named because of the mountain behind Freetown that is shaped like a lion, that SL was the focus of slave hunters in the early days of slavery
and later the focus of philanthropists who then returned Africans from many
countries to the central drop off point of Freetown? Former African American
slaves were said to have focussed their meetings on the symbolic Cotton Tree, and there is such a giant tree still growing in the centre of Freetown. We were walked
around the streets and chaos of the slums downtown through pictures, while Martin
explained many extraordinary contradictions, e.g. economic potential, extreme
poverty; rich resources, ruined infrastructure (since the decline of the country following Independence 1961, and subsequent ravages of war); heavy rainfall, less
than 13% of homes with access to fresh water; generous grants from the British
government, less than 4 years schooling per person on average.
The bravery with which the country coped with Ebola was evident from the accounts
of the rapid building of isolated units; and it was one of Martin’s hands on projects to
oversee the building of one of these. Martin is returning on brief reconnoitres to
inject new life into a waste management project and the building of health systems. They sent us away with plenty to think about and a much greater insight into what
happens in West Africa than most of us had before.
The collection for The Dorothy Springer Trust, which helps change the lives of disabled people in Sierra Leone through ICT training, raised £275.
Sarah Freeman
For details of our next meeting, a Friday Feast of Words and Music on Friday 27th
May, please see page 21.
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BUCKLAND & BETCHWORTH CHORAL SOCIETY
We invite you to join Buckland & Betchworth
Choral Society on 7th May 2016 in exploring
this exciting work, under the inspiring leadership of our conductor Ben Woodward
with accompanist Anna Tetsuya. An
introduction to this amazing music, which
will be part of the 2017 LHMF repertoire.
The day will run from 10:00hrs to 16:00hrs in
St Mark’s Church Hall, Reigate. Tea and
coffee will be provided: please bring a packed lunch.
Cost £15.00 (Full time students £5.00). Music hire included. To book a place please
email [email protected] or call Pat Frankland 842028
SATURDAY 7TH MAY. REGISTRATION 09:45HRS
ST MARK’S CHURCH HALL, ALMA ROAD, REIGATE
RH2 0DA
FRIENDS OF BROOME PARK CHARITY BRIDGE AFTERNOON
A huge THANK YOU to each and everyone who participated in a really super afternoon. It was a great success and was enjoyed by all who were involved, whether
it was by playing bridge, raffle contributions or helping with the teas.
A special mention is due Osteopath Lise Court, who has a practice in Kiln Lane. Inadvertently we invaded her space that she had booked in the village hall that
afternoon for her Back Club. She very kindly refused to accept our offer to
reimburse her hire charge and donated it to the afternoon’s takings.
All in all it was a marvellous, warm, friendly and happy afternoon and the sum total
of the takings was £1562.00.
What a result .....THANK YOU one and all! Gaye Wickens FOBP
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THE REVD. DANNY KAJUMBA
Every picture tells a story, and there were plenty of stories being told and oft
repeated during a most colourful yet dignified service of
farewell for the Archdeacon of Reigate - Danny Kajumba at St Matthews Redhill on Tuesday 8th March. I had to look up the
collective noun for Bishops, as Mitres and robes filled the
chancel. A ‘sea’ of Bishops, Canons, Archdeacons, Deans,
Clergy and Lay joined a large congregation in a service that not just commemorated Danny’s service to the Deanery and
the Diocese, but took us through his ministry from the perils of
Uganda under Idi Amin, to his meteoric rise to a much loved
and deeply spiritual Archdeacon, installed in May 2001.
The Rt Rev’d Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark, was our celebrant, The Rt
Rev’d Jonathan Clark the preacher. Junior Gospel Choirs from Norbiton and the
Croydon area vied with the generous sound of the 1902 Hunter pipe organ with over 1800 pipes to complement St Matthews’ dynamic choir. The grand procession with
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CONCERT ORGANIST TO GIVE RECITAL AT BETCHWORTH Margaret Phillips, the International Concert Organist, will be
giving a recital on the new Kenneth Tickell organ at Betchworth on Saturday 21st May at 4.00 pm. Margaret
studied with the late Ralph Downes and Marie-Claire Alain.
Since 1996 she has been Professor of Organ at the Royal College
of Music in London, and she is also much in demand throughout the UK and abroad as recitalist, teacher, masterclass tutor and
international jury member.
Margaret finds playing in smaller churches is often more enjoyable than playing in larger venues such as concert halls or cathedrals. The programme has been planned
to show off the many and various colours of the new organ and, in addition, to appeal
to a wide audience.
Tickets are priced at £15 (under 14s: £10) to include a glass of wine/soft drink. The
concert will be projected onto video screens allowing the audience to view the player
directly. Tickets are on sale from [email protected] or
843498.
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16TH OCTOBER: ST. NICHOLAS, CHARLWOOD CHOIR SINGERS NEEDED: GIRLS, BOYS, LADIES, MEN
“GREATER THAN GOLD” is the world-changing story of Mary Jones, a young Welsh girl who saved up for 8 years to be able to buy a Bible in her own language.
This inspired Reverend Thomas Charles, in the 1880s, to found The Bible Society,
which now makes it possible for everyone, worldwide, to have a translation in their
own language.
St. Nicholas, Charlwood, will be presenting a semi-dramatised production of this
‘concert-musical’ on 16th October at 4.00pm. The style is modern and melodic.
It is hoped to gather a good number of willing singers of all ages, from Charlwood
and elsewhere, to form a choir for the
occasion. Experience of music reading
is not essential. All the parts will be taught, and CDs for learning will be
available.
The choir will back the drama scenes, and sing from music stands – using word or music sheets. It would also be possible to buy your own music copy (£7.50).
Rehearsals will be on (not every) Sunday Afternoon, from 2.00 – 4.00pm (or
finishing earlier), and there will be a Preliminary ‘Taster’ Session on Sunday 24th
April from 2.00 – 3.00pm.
So do come along – with no commitment - to see if it’s ‘your sort of thing’! There
will be a ‘Sign-Up List’ available at the end. Beth Mclean: 01293 785974 or
07768 538061: [email protected]
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crook and cross took the length of the nave, as dignitaries and the Princess of Uganda
brought vibrant colour to a host of suits and black cloth. Bible readings from John
and Ephesians led to the Eucharist, but not before Bishop Jonathan had reminded us
of a need to understand the importance of racial integration, the need to become disciples for our church and to compliment Danny on his great contribution to the
Deanery and the Diocese. Bishop Christopher presented a large framed portrait and
thanked Tina, Danny’s wife, for her support. Danny was now to become Archdeacon
Emeritus, to take him on a new journey that despite ill health would enable him to still pursue ministry, but outside the rigours of formal office.
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BROCKHAM OPEN GARDENS Saturday 18th June 2016 - SAVE THE DATE!
For the fourth year running, there will
be an opportunity to
view some lovely
gardens and enjoy refreshments in
Brockham on our
Open Gardens Day
to be held on Saturday 18th June
2016, organised by
Christ Church
Brockham. Further details to follow.
YOUR UNWANTED TOOLS NEEDED
Tools With a Mission (TWAM - www.twam.co.uk) is a Christian charity committed
to the recycling and refurbishment of tools which then provide a means for poorer
people in developing countries to learn a trade and be able to support themselves and their families. With this practical help thousands of young men and women have
benefited from the skills they have learnt with the aid of the tools that have been
sent.
As well as the old garden forks and spades, saws, hammers, nails, drills, pickaxes
etc. that most of us keep as ‘too good to throw away’ we urgently need portable
type writers and any sewing or knitting related tools, from dressmaking pins
needles & thread, zips, scissors etc. to fabric and sewing machines (including electric), wool, knitting needles, patterns and knitting machines. We also need
laptops and printers – we wipe the hard drives to the required standard.
Please if you have any tools that are surplus to your requirements and you would wish them to help someone to have a better quality of life and hope for the future
do contact me. I can collect any tools that you might wish to give to TWAM
during the coming years.
Hilda Burden, 47 Middle Street, Brockham 842516
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PLANT SALE IN THE READING ROOM Monday 2nd May 2pm to 5pm
Spring is here and it’s time to start planting! Come to the Buckland Reading Room
on Bank Holiday Monday and check out the wonderful selection of Herbaceous Plants, Herbs, Grasses, Shrubs and vegetables that will be on Sale. Grab a bargain
for the garden and enjoy a cup of tea, or coffee, with a delicious piece of homemade
cake.
To make this a successful fund raiser for the Flower Festival we welcome your
donations of plants and homemade cakes. Please contact Gaynor Day
[email protected] or Jean Cooke 245161.
BROCKHAM GREEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
The Society’s first talk for 2016, Birds of Prey, produced a packed hall for speakers
Angela Bigwood and daughter Zanthe. They delighted us with their vast knowledge and passion of falconry. They explained the natural habits of four birds – a buzzard,
a Harris hawk, a barn owl and the family favourite ‘Neeps’, a Peregrine falcon.
The family suffered a stressful time when Neeps flew off for many days. He was retrieved thankfully and now is fitted with a radio transmitter so his whereabouts can
be tracked.
The evening was a truly fascinating insight into falconry and the Society wish to give Angela and Zanthe thanks for a very informative and delightful evening.
The Patchwork Gardening Project will be the third talk for BGHS and will be held on
21st April. All members and non members are welcome. Entrance fee is £3.
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act
accordingly.
The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
What we see in others often reveals something about us.
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ADMISSION TO COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION
Have you been thinking of enquiring about Baptism, Admission to Communion,
Confirmation or would like an opportunity to discuss faith issues? Or perhaps you
never had an opportunity to be baptised or confirmed?
I shall be offering another chance to explore issues of Faith, belief and theology.
There will be 3 main sections to our discussions:
What Christians Believe to include: God is there and matters;
Jesus-historical background, ministry, death and resurrection,
and becoming a Christian
How Christians Grow to include: Learning to pray/reading the Bible/ belonging to the church and Holy Communion
Living a Christian life to include: living God’s way, Your money
and your life, sharing the faith
The Course broadly follows the Emmaus Course outline written by five Church of
England authors. It takes its name from the story in the Gospel of Luke about the two
disciples walking from Jerusalem to their home in Emmaus. The risen Christ walked
with them, sharing their questions and helping them to make sense of their life.
The dates and times can be set according to the different commitments of the group.
It is most suitable for those over the age of 10 who might be interested in exploring
more about what it means to celebrate communion in the fellowship of our worshipping community.
Please do get in contact if you would like to discuss more or would just like a chance
to share your thoughts.
For Reigate Deanery confirmation dates are: 22nd May in St Peter’s Woodmansterne,
12th June in Christ the King Salfords, 9th October in St Mary’s Reigate, or 16th
October in St Luke’s Reigate.
If you are interested in attending or would like to discuss taking your faith further for
yourself or a family member please contact the Rector Carol ( 842102 or email her
PUZZLE OF THE MONTH
Decode the following. If you have not succeeded in 10 minutes, turn to page 38.
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NEARLY NEW SALE
WHEN: Saturday 16th April 10:00 to 12:00hrs
WHERE: Buckland Reading Room, Old Road RH3 7DY
WHAT: Girl’s Clothes from 6mths to 6yrs. Beautiful
Boden Dresses – just what your little girl needs for the Summer. Lots of GAP tops, trousers and T-Shirts plus
much more. Pick up some bargains and update your
daughter’s, or granddaughter’s, wardrobe. 20% of takings
will be donated to The Children’s Trust.
BREAKFAST WITH CAROL
As Martin Luther King famously said, ‘before you finish eating breakfast in the
morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world’. Despite our dependence on
farmers and workers for the foods, drinks and products that we love, about 795 million people are undernourished globally. Taking this on board, The Rectory
stoked the ovens and stacked the toasters. Head Chef
Martin Coslett opened the kitchens at 8am with a vast
range of cooked breakfasts, steaming coffee and only the finest of teas. Rector Carol presented many Fair
Trade food products on the table, with cereals, fruit
juice, fresh bread, jams, fruit and bananas from all over Africa. Their origins
identified on a huge wall map reminiscent of that first period geography lesson that once showed our vast commonwealth, better not mention the Empire!
We did learn that the people who grow the food we sometimes take for granted can’t
always feed their own families. Yet, when people are paid a fairer price, they can have more control over their lives when times are hard, and also worry less about
how they will feed their families. Whether it’s the extra cash in their pockets or being
able to expand their farms to grow more food to eat, Fairtrade means many farmers
and workers are able to fulfil a basic human need – to put enough food on the table for the people they care about, all year round.
A steady flow of villagers and churchgoers enjoyed the conviviality of the Rectory
and took the opportunity to purchase other small items made by Fairtrade organisations, from Pencil Rubbers to Bread warmers and Tea towels to Coasters.
Over £150 was raised for the Fair Trade Foundation, which was a great effort by all
concerned.
Tom Briscombe
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A spectacular golden harp graced our
March meeting in the company of its owner, player Margaret Watson, who
deftly wheeled the huge 90lbs. instrument
on its trolley and gave an outstanding
concert of music, old and new, from “Greensleeves” via Bach and Percy
Grainger to Lloyd Webber. In addtion to
playing, Margaret explained
the tuning of the strings and the hidden mechanics
including the foot pedals
rarely glimpsed by the
onlooker. A great deal of time is spent tuning the harp
because the strings react to temperature
and weather conditions: the player’s
fingers become extremely strong dealing with the two tons of tension involved.
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
beautifully played as an encore concluded
a most enjoyable and memorable
occasion.
At the SFWI annual council meeting
members learned of the great contribution
made to the home front by the WI during
the second world war explained by Julie Summers, author of “Jambusters” which
inspired the ITV drama “Home Fires”.
This year marks one hundred years of the WI in
Betchworth. We look
forward to celebrating at our
Teas on the Green on Sunday 21st August.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 7th
April, 7.45pm at the Hamilton Room, and is open to visitors, with a talk by Peter
Thompson entitled “You the Jury” - a
lawyer’s experiences. Come and join us.
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
LEITH HILL MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Buckland & Betchworth Choral Society will be competing in the Leith Hill
Festival on Thursday 14th April, the other choral societies in the same group being
Capel, Holmbury St Mary & Oxshott.
The concert includes:
Main works - Serenade to Music (Vaughan Williams) and Harmoniemesse (Haydn)
Part song - Three Hungarian folk songs Madrigal - All creatures now (John Bennett)
Upper voices - Tread softly (Alan Bullard)
Lower voices - The Old Superb (Stanford arr. Tomlinson)
Ensemble - In these delightful, pleasant groves (Purcell)
For more information go to http://www.lhmf.org.uk/
index.php/events-and-tickets/april-competitions-and-concert/
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BUCKLAND PARISH COUNCIL UPDATE
This year’s Annual Village Meeting will take place in the Reading
Room, starting at 7.30pm on Monday 25th April 2016. The business
part of the meeting will include a report by the Chairman, Nigel Husband, the presentation of accounts for the Parish Council and a
report from Buckland Parochial Charity.
Duncan Ferns will provide an update on Park Pit and Tapwood Quarry and, with work under way to refresh the current Pond and Green Management Plan, Simon
Elson will be on hand to invite your views on priorities for the next five years.
All are invited and we hope as many Buckland residents as possible will join us.
A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped make our “Clean for the Queen
Village Tidy” such a success. In total, 23 volunteers filled 37 bags with unwanted
material from around the village green and pond and the paths between the Reading Room, Village shop, church, bus stops and shelter and pedestrian crossover. A vote
of thanks must also go to Mole Valley District Council who supplied equipment to
support the event and arranged for collection of the waste thanks to the support of
Biffa, their waste contractor. Continued on next page
Buckland One World Group
A FRIDAY FEAST OF WORDS AND MUSIC
on Friday 27th May at 8pm in the Reading Room, Old Road, Buckland
A delicious offering of words and music on the subject
of food and drink
performed by Carol Hall, Fred Harrison, Fiona Hooper, Anne Mitchell
and Reuben Suckling
Admission £10 including splendid refreshments in the interval: phone Jim Docking
on 843260 to book, or buy at the door
Proceeds in aid of Money for Madagascar
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ST MICHAEL’S AFTERNOON DROP-IN
2pm – 4pm on the 4th Wednesday of each month at The Hamilton Room,
Church Street, Betchworth
The Drop-In has been running for almost four years, providing a meeting place for
anyone in the villages. We provide tea, biscuits and cake, and a
welcoming venue to meet new friends and catch up with many of
the busy people in the village. We have a growing connection with Broome Park and have welcomed many residents and their
families. Visitors come from far and wide, to look for
memorials, to see where relations have lived or just dropping in while passing.
Thanks to donations we have been able to support various charities, including
WaterAid – with an Aquabox – Alzheimers Society, Redhill Night Shelter and Day
Centre, and Sebastian’s Trust who support the families of terminally sick children.
I would also like to thank the helpers who enable this to take place, including Anne,
June, Linda, Carol, Liz, Brenda and Barbara who has been our prime cake baker for
the past three years.
Our next two dates are 27th April and 25th May. All are welcome to come at any
time during the afternoon. If you would like transport, please contact Margaret
Miller on 842098.
Margaret Miller
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Surrey County Council (“SCC”) has recently announced how it intends to save
money at its Community Recycling Centres: Our nearest site, at Ranmore Road
Dorking will, with effect from 1st April 2016:
remain closed on Tuesdays, open between 8am and 4pm on other weekdays and open between 9am and 4pm at weekends.
not accept any non-household waste i.e. plasterboard, refillable gas bottles, tyres
and rubble.
Whilst the sites at Leatherhead and Redhill will continue to accept non-household
waste, charges will be introduced before the end of the summer for refillable gas
bottles, tyres and plasterboard and for any more than 25kg rubble per day. You may be asked to prove you are a Surrey resident at some of our CRCs as SCC is keen to
ensure that only Surrey residents (who pay for the CRCs through their Council Tax)
will be able to use them for free.
Sheena Boyce, [email protected]
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DORKING MUSEUM IN APRIL 2016 ‘CHAOS AND COMMERCE’ IN DORKING’S HIGH STREET
Dorking Museum’s new exhibition features buildings, life and activity in the High
Street across the years in paintings and photographs. Some of the buildings shown
will still be familiar, although the clothes and transport are from a time gone past,
while others, like the Market House, have long since disappeared.
The High Street was once Dorking’s
main marketplace, and we have on
loan (from the Dorking Chamber of Commerce) a well known painting of
the High Street cattle market, by local
artist Charles Collins (1851-1921).
Shrove Tuesday football matches in
the 19th century created ‘chaos’ in the
High Street. The original football
standard shown in an 1885 archive photograph will be displayed for the first time. Thursday to Saturday 10am-4pm at
The Museum, West Street. 01306 876591, www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk,
Facebook and Twitter.
April Family Activity, Saturday, 16th April– the High Street
exhibition. Find out about the local paintings and photographs
and draw your own picture of Dorking. Drop in 2pm-3.30pm.
Dorking’s South Street Caves have re-opened for the season for
group bookings and Open Days. For details, see Museum
website.
The Dorking & District Preservation Society AGM: Friday 22nd April, 7pm,
United Reformed Church, West Street. Come along if you are interested in the local
heritage, environment and community.
Volunteer Manager: The Museum is looking for a volunteer with people
management experience, who would enjoy an interesting challenge. This person would be responsible for about 40 Visitor Assistants – the Museum’s
‘front office’ – and must have a passion for good customer service and be
computer-literate. It is a voluntary and part-time role and training will be given. If you are interested, please e-mail [email protected],
quoting VA Manager Role.
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The Betchworth and Buckland Society
For the protection and conservation of the quality of life in Betchworth & Buckland
VALUATIONS DAY
WITH AFTERNOON TEA
Saturday, 9th April 2016, commencing at 3.30 pm
BETCHWORTH VILLAGE HALL
Bring along an item and get a valuation by a distinguished expert from Bonham’s
Auction House, and enjoy afternoon tea
Members £5, Guests £6. Booking in advance is essential. Contact Debbie Jones:
845514 or Email: [email protected]
THE BENEFITS OF LETTER WRITING
About two thirds of children in primary school and more than three quarters of
secondary school children never write letters. In fact, only one in four (26%) said
they wrote a letter once a month outside school, with girls slightly more likely to do so. Those children who do pen letters on a regular basis are more likely to have
writing skills above the average expected for their group.
The National Literacy Trust, who did the survey, points out: “Taking time to sit and write a letter by hand feels much more personal than typing an email. Young letter
writers are also more likely to write every day outside school, which improves their
literacy, enabling them to do better in class and throughout their lives.”
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NORTH DOWNS PRIMARY SCHOOL
It is sometimes hard to keep up with
the many advances and changes in the world of technology and we work hard to ensure that children use technology
sensibly and safely. Whilst we want them to feel confident and competent with new developments it is just as
important to maintain our links with tradition, the most important of which is a love of reading.
We are fortunate that our children become
immersed in books from an early age. They are
taught to read fluently and improve their skills as they progress through
school. By year 6 they can cope with quite difficult texts and discuss and explain their preference for a
particular author. We recently held a Reading Week with
activities based around books, authors, reading and writing. The children wrote book reviews, many of which are on
display in Waterstones in Dorking. They also took part in an extreme reading competition – bringing into school
photographs of them reading in unusual places! We also celebrated World Book
Day in which children dressed up as their favourite book character. That
evening the younger children returned
to their classrooms at 6 o’clock to enjoy a ‘bedtime story and cocoa’ session with their teacher. It was a real treat to
have a week in which technology was put aside and all children enjoyed the simple pleasures of picking up a book to
read.
Our junior pupils have a
swimming lesson once a week and there are swimming clubs after
school to advance their swimming skills, learn
lifesaving and synchronised swimming. However, our lovely warm,
quiet and secluded pool is not used all the week. It is available for groups to hire either on a regular basis or for a
one off occasion. Heated changing rooms with showers are adjacent to the pool and a new covered walkway has
been built from the changing rooms to the pool. We can put you in touch with a lifesaver or swimming coach if you wish.
If you are interested in hiring our pool, please contact our school office at
Brockham on 843384.
Jane Douglass, Headteacher North Downs Primary School
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Children’s page COLOURS IN CHURCH
Have you noticed that, from time to time, the colour of things in church
changes? No, I don’t mean the minister goes a funny colour or someone paints the walls, but the special robes that
the priest wears, and the front of altar among other things, change from time to time. Each season of the Church’s
year has its own distinctive colour and these are called liturgical colours.
GREEN is the colour we have more than others. Green, the ordinary colour of nature, is used during the seasons of
Epiphany (after Christmas) and Trinity (between Whitsun or Pentecost and
Advent). Trinity lasts for about half the year so green is the colour we see most.
The next change of colour is to
PURPLE. Purple, the colour of penitence and preparation, is used for Lent (the 40 days before Easter) and Advent (the 4 weeks before
Christmas).
Then comes WHITE and GOLD, which are used for all the joyful festivals - Easter, Ascension and Christmas.
RED, the colour of fire and blood, is used at Pentecost to remind us of the
coming of the Holy Spirit to the
disciples like tongues of flame (Acts 2:11). It is also used on the festivals of martyrs to remind us of their sacrifice.
COLOUR QUIZ
Complete each of these with a colour, for example ….. cordial would be LIME cordial. Each colour is only used once.
…… admiral …… Christmas …… marmalade
quick …… sky …… Royal ……
…… ribbons …… glass
…… submarine …… elephants
What is yellow and black and has red
spots? A leopard with the measles.
Define the word
‘information’.
How the Red Arrows fly.
ANSWERS: 1.red 2.white 3.orange
4.silver 5.blue 6.Navy 7.scarlet 8.wine 9.yellow 10.pink
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BROCKHAM BOWLS CLUB
Our friendly Bowls Club is situated in a unique position
down by the River Mole, off Mill Hill Lane (south). The outdoor season runs from April to September, and there are
also various social events throughout the year.
For 2016, the first Club Night takes place on Thursday 14th April from 5.30pm onwards, and there is a Club Night every
Thursday - you can either join in playing a game or come
along to watch and have a drink.
We are also running 3 taster sessions on Saturday mornings for prospective new
members who wish to give bowls a try – 23rd and 30th April, and 7th May (including
light refreshments) from 10am to 12.30. All you need are flat soled shoes.
We play matches weekends and midweek against other local teams, in addition to a
number of internal Club competitions.
Bowls is a fun yet competitive game for all ages, gender and ability. Why not come along and meet members of the Club on a Thursday evening or the above Saturday
taster sessions without any obligation?
See www.brockhambowlsclub.co.uk for more information or contact Bob Freeman (Club Captain) on 842282.
THE HISTORY OF PIPPBROOK HOUSE Jim Docking, a local resident, has written a
history of Pippbrook House, the Grade 2*
listed building that used to house the Library. Pippbrook House: A Local Treasure, is
published by Dorking Local History Group @
just £5. It is well illustrated and focuses on the
families that lived in the house, which has the most beautiful painted ceilings as well as
carefully crafted woodwork and wrought iron
works. If you would like a copy of the book,
you can obtain one from Jim ( 843260; [email protected]).
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♠ ♥ BUCKLAND BRIDGE CLUB ♦ ♣
Recent winners are as follows:
25th Feb: N/S: Richard Pocock & Geoff Woodcock
E/W: Inger & Dirk Laan
3rd Mar: N/S: Vanessa Sadler & Jocelyn Morley E/W: Richard Pocock & Geoff Woodcock
10th Mar: N/S: Jocelyn Morley & Vanessa Sadler
E/W: John Mitchell & Pat Davey
17th Mar: N/S: Richard Pocock & Geoff Woodcock
E/W: Roberta & Douglas Rounthwaite
Congratulations to all concerned. We play duplicate bridge in the Reading Room
each Thursday and start at 2.15, but please arrive and sit down no later than 2.05pm.
For the Club website (with recent results), visit bridgewebs.com/Buckland.
Please do not park in front of the village shop or block access to Dungates Lane or to houses in Old Road.
Richard Wheen
Dog/cat sitter available, for minimal fee, in Buckland area by Buckland resident.
Contact Mel 913028
DAWN CHORUS
If you sleep with your bedroom window open, you will know all about the dawn
chorus around now! The birds are busy establishing their territorial rights, and the
‘early birds’ have probably already selected a nest site and started building.
The blackbird builds a solid cup of twigs, plant stems and leaves, lined with a thick
skin of mud covered with finer grasses and leaves. The long tailed tit forms a soft
hollow ball of mosses, hair and wool, with a tiny hole as entrance. The wrens do it differently, with the male wren sometimes building several nests before his finicky
mate will accept one. He gets his revenge, though, because he sometimes installs a
second wife in one of the rejected sites!
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29th April: Saint Mark, disciple, apostle, writer of the second gospel
Mark, whose home in Jerusalem became a place of rest for Jesus and His 12 apostles, is considered the traditional author of the second gospel. He
is also usually identified as the young man, described in Mark 14:51, who
followed Christ after his arrest and then escaped capture by leaving his
clothes behind.
Papias, in 130, said that in later years Mark became Peter’s interpreter. If so, then
this close friendship would have been how Mark gathered so much information about
Jesus’ life. Peter referred to him affectionately as his ‘son’.
Mark was also a companion to Paul on his journeys. When Paul was held captive at Rome, Mark was with him, helping him. Mark’s Gospel, most likely written in Italy,
perhaps in Rome, is the earliest account we have of the life of Jesus. Mark died
about 74 AD.
In the 9th century Mark’s body was brought to Venice, whose patron he became.
The symbol of Mark as an evangelist, the lion, is much in evidence in Venice.
THE MAGAZINE 50 YEARS AGO
There is little of interest in the April 1966 magazine itself, but there are some
interesting “Easter facts” in the accompanying Southwark Diocesan Review, such as:
By Act of Parliament passed in 1752 Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full
moon, which happens upon or next after 21st March. (If the full moon occurs on a
Sunday then Easter Day is the Sunday following. Got that?)
In 1928 Parliament passed the Easter Act, fixing the date as the Sunday after the
second Saturday in April. However that Act, although passed, was never brought
into force. (There is an implication here that the churches were opposed to this change).
On Easter Day, 1722, an island in the South Pacific some 2,000 miles from the coast
of Chile was discovered, now known as Easter Island, famous for its huge carved statues.
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APRIL GARDEN NOTES
Once again, gardens are bursting into life and require regular attention. Lawns need
mowing, weeds are popping up in warmer soils, and pots need watering. Still, it feels great to be able to walk across a lawn without the “winter squelch”.
Now that April is with us, think seeds. They are fun to grow and economical for the
huge returns they produce. Here’s a few tips for best results:
Read the seed packet carefully. Check depth of planting, timing and position.
Some will need to be started in a seed tray indoors or in a greenhouse, or
maybe just need some protection from cold nights under a cloche. For best germination rates, we prefer sowing into soil-based John Innes seed compost.
When planting directly into the soil, prepare the ground well. Rake over stony soils; clay needs to be broken up and mulched to improve the soil structure.
Sandy soils will benefit from horse manure or well-rotted garden compost.
Once the ground has a fine tilth, you are ready to sow.
Seeds need regular and fine watering. Once established into seedlings they
will be more robust. Thin out the weakest to leave more room for the
healthiest to thrive.
If you have the time, sow at regular intervals from now until June. This is
especially important for vegetables so they don’t all mature together. For
flowers, repeated sowings will help to provide a continuous display throughout the summer.
Once the plants are established, feed regularly with a liquid feed such as
Maxicrop, Phostrogen or Miracle-Gro.
For a small outlay, seeds will make a real difference to your garden this season.
David Hogg, Buckland Nurseries
Political campaign: a war in which everybody shoots from the lip.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise
enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power. - Colton
What the nations of the world need is a peace conference with the Prince of Peace.
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BECOME A VOLUNTEER THIS YEAR
Many of you will remember Loko from last year’s Christian Aid campaign. We saw
pictures and we saw a graphic video of the epic journey she made to carry heavy wood to heat food for her family. Thanks to Christian Aid and all
the contributors and collectors associated with St Michael's and
St Mary’s, we raised over £5,000. Buckland’s handsome
contribution was £1,554.40. With a national figure of over £12 million, Loko and many others can create a small business and
trading concerns that give them new independence and a source of income.
In addition, Christian Aid gave over £50,000 in emergency funding last year, and our minds think back to the Nepal disaster and the Earthquakes in Afghanistan and
Pakistan. So, how did this money get to Christian Aid and these life-saving causes?
Over 400,000 collectors from 23,000 churches were out and about in all weathers, but certainly made easy last year by the warm and sunny conditions in the South.
I joined with a group of collectors, who all gave their time to drop envelopes in their
road and further afield to then returned a few days later to collect cheques, money and
even a few buttons! The response was remarkable last year and we certainly exceeded previous years’ contributions. My daughter Georgie (aged 9) became a
convert and a rapid social climber - donning a vest and bucket she was also proudly
collecting, so please join our happy group of volunteers, take responsibility for just
one road or street and have that feel-good factor that we ALL experience every year.
You will and can make a difference. Christian Aid week runs from 15th-21st May.
This year we will be focusing on the young mothers of Bangladesh where flood
waters can envelop their homes and sweep young children away.
Find me at St Michael’s or St Mary’s. Leave a message at the Rectory, or telephone
me on 07447 566222. You CAN save a life and we welcome life savers from all
age groups. Tom Briscombe
From (other) parish magazines
Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 pm. Please use the back
door.
Weight Watchers will meet at 7pm at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use
large double door at the side entrance.
The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the Church
basement Friday at 7pm. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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RECIPE OF THE MONTH by Pauline Covey
Leek and Apple Pie 12 oz shortcrust pastry apple and leek filling 1/2 oz butter
1cooking apple cored peeled and sliced
3 small leeks sliced
4 rashers of bacon chopped Ground black pepper
1. Melt butter in frying pan. Cook apple leeks and bacon over a medium heat for 8-
10 minutes. Add cloves and nutmeg and cook for 1 minute longer. Set aside to cool.
2. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface and line the base and sides of a greased
9 inch flan tin. Prick base of pastry with a fork line with non-stick baking paper and
fill with rice. Bake for 10 minutes, remove rice and paper.
3. Spread apple mixture over base of pastry case. Place eggs, cheese, cream and
black pepper in a bowl. Mix to combine and pour into pastry case. Bake pastry case
once filled. To be cooked 425f gas 7. Reduce oven temperature to 350f gas 4 and bake pastry case once filled for 30-35 minutes or until pie is firm.
Serve hot, warm or cold.
MAZE
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg 2 oz blue vein cheese crumbled
3 eggs lightly beaten
6 fluid oz of double cream
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LEITH HILL PLACE
Many of you may have heard or seen coverage on the radio and
television about an exciting new donation to Leith Hill Place. Frances
Rhodes, the niece of Ursula Vaughan Williams, Ralph’s second wife, was given the Broadwood upright piano on which Ralph composed
some of his most famous pieces, including The Lark Ascending.
Hearing that the National Trust has opened LHP to visitors, Frances kindly donated the piano to the Trust. It has been restored and is now
on display in the Study, along with a fascinating timeline, which sets key dates of
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ life into context with what was happening both in the
music scene of the time and global events.
Thanks to this publicity, we had a busy first few days of opening, with people
coming to look at the attractive but relatively modest piano upon which such
wonderful music was composed.
Staying with the musical theme, our first concert is on Friday 29th April from 6.30
until 8.00pm. It will be given by the Trio Martinů, a distinguished piano trio who are
members of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. They will perform works by Haydn, Dvořák and Martinů. All tickets are £22 and include an interval drink. Booking is
essential. Please ring 0844 249 1895. Tickets are selling fast.
On Saturday 21st May at 2.30, ‘Jingle Ring’ provides an opportunity for younger visitors to make music. Jane Newberry uses toys, percussion and dance to engage
children and help them find the fun in music. The session is free. No need to book.
On 22nd May at 1.45 and 3.15, local historian Patrick Newberry gives an engaging
insight into the origins of Leith Hill Place and its Tower. The talk lasts approximately one hour. Booking is advisable but tickets can be bought on the door
if there are still seats available. Tickets cost £2. Please ring 0844 249 1895.
The bluebells will probably be starting earlier this year thanks to the mild winter, and some of the rhododendrons are already beginning to break bud. If you would like a
free guided walk through some of the beautiful landscape around us, don’t forget to
meet our friendly volunteers at 9.45am on the first and third Mondays of every month
for a walk of about 1½ hours, finishing at Leith Hill Place for a cream tea or coffee and cake, by cash donation. (There are no card facilities at the house.)
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FREE LEGAL ADVICE CLINICS
At the Surrey Law Centre we provide free Legal Advice to the disadvantaged and
vulnerable people of Surrey. We provide face to face clinics across Surrey, and
the closest clinics in this area are Dorking, Epsom, Reigate and Oxted. The purpose of our service is to
provide people with access to free legal advice that
will assist them in working out what their legal
problems are and what action they need to take to deal with them. In this way, we can help people take practical steps to deal with their
problems.
Our clinics offer free advice covering Domestic Abuse, Family, Employment and Civil law and are staffed by experienced and expert Solicitors and barristers. They
are all held in confidential and safe environments. All of the venues we use also
have wheelchair access.
We may also be able to offer limited help in other arears of law or be able to refer
you to an appropriate specialist if we are unable to assist.
If you wish to make an appointment please telephone us, Monday to Friday between 10 am and 3 pm, on 0330 0020099 (local rate number) or complete our contact
form on the website www.surreylawcentre.org
Buckland One World Group
A FRIDAY FEAST OF WORDS AND MUSIC
on Friday 27th May at 8pm in the Reading Room, Old Road, Buckland
A delicious offering of words and music on the
subject of food and drink
performed by Carol Hall, Fred Harrison, Fiona Hooper,
Anne Mitchell and Reuben Suckling
Admission £10 including splendid refreshments in the interval: phone Jim Docking
on 843260 to book, or buy at the door
