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VILLAGE NEWS
Welcome to our Spring 2012 issue of Village News and we would like to extend a warm welcome to all those new residents who have moved into the village over the past few months. Please remember that all residents of Lower Kingswood are members of the Residents’ Association, if you have any concerns about the Village, the Residents’ Association Committee is here to try and help you and represent your interests.
Unlike most other local Residents’ Associations there is no annual subscription payable – our running costs are met from the revenue of advertisements in our newsletter. So please help support our local businesses and advertisers.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The AGM of the Lower Kingswood Residents’ Association will take place at 7:45pm on TUESDAY 15th MAY 2012 at the Church Hall in Buckland Road; it will be preceded by the AGM of the Kingswood Village Hall Trust at 7:30pm. All residents are welcome to attend both meetings.
YOUR RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEEDS YOU
We appreciate that ALL the voluntary organisations in the village are dependent on what seems to be a small band of dedicated volunteers who are willing to give freely of their time and effort. Your Residents’ Association Committee is no exception to this in that we all have our “day jobs” and yet are willing to give up some of our free time to try and represent the interests of our residents - including lobbying our local Councillors and Police representatives on a variety of issues.
If YOU feel that you have something to offer the local community, why not attend our AGM or contact our Chairman and offer to stand as a member of YOUR Residents’ Association Committee?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION for ENGLAND
Notwithstanding the objections submitted by your Residents’ Association Committee along with individual objections, it seems that the LGBCE has decided that the single issue of ‘balancing’ the County Council electoral boundaries took precedence over the many and varied ‘community’ issues which join Lower Kingswood to the north of the Borough.
“In Reigate & Banstead Borough, the Commission received a large number of submissions objecting to
www.lowerkingswood.co.uk
Chairman's Report to Residents
Borough Council report 2
County Council report 2/3
Surrey Police report 4
Kingswood Primary School 5
Wisdom of God Church 6
Evangelical Church;
CAMEO Club; Strollers
7
Surrey Re-use Network;
Village Hall Trust
8
Scout Group; Crumbs 11
Village Jubilee Celebrations;
Brownies
12
Parent/Carer & Toddler
Group; Coffee Mornings;
Church Hall; Bowls Club
13
Kingswood Falcons FC 14
Horticultural Society;
Gardening Hints & Tips
15
Residents’ Association
Committee reports
16
National Trust 17
Inside this issue:
Lower Kingswood Residents Association
Chairman: David Patel Secretary: Robert Brown Treasurer: Faye Miles
March 2012
Spring Edition 2012
its recommendations to include Lower Kingswood in the Merstham & Banstead South division.”
Whilst we understand that the Commission sought an alternative pattern of divisions, they decided that “..electoral equality..” counted above anything else and therefore “..decided to confirm our draft recommendations for this area as final..”
The Committee are continuing to liaise with our County Councillor - Michael Gosling - to see what further avenues (if any) for objection remain.
VILLAGE JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
You will have read in previous issues of Village News that a Committee has been formed to oversee the organisation of the Village Celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
Their latest report appears on page 12. More importantly ALL residents are invited to attend on Bank Holiday Monday 4th June 2012 - don’t forget to make a note in your diary. All we now need is a guarantee of fine weather!
YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES NEED YOU
Although the economy is now showing some signs of recovery, increases in taxation and/or pay-freezes may well have a knock-on effect on spending - particularly in the retail sector. It is very important that Lower Kingswood residents continue to support OUR local businesses and services (both established and new ventures) otherwise we could find that the remaining ones will struggle to survive. Two of our advertisers (Orchard Cottage Riding Stables & Royal Ghurkha/Fox on the Hill) have got “special offers” in this issue of Village News for local residents.
VILLAGE NEWS
Once again thank you to all who have contributed articles and helped with both the production and distribution of this newsletter. Village News is distributed free to all households in (and around) Lower Kingswood, and this is only possible because of the assistance given by volunteers in its production and distribution. If you can help with distribution please contact our Chairman.
Don’t forget - if you use the services of one of our advertisers, please mention that you saw their advertisement in Village News.
We would also like to acknowledge the continuing support of Fidelity Worldwide Investments.
We very much appreci-ate the support of our
advertisers but their ap-pearance in our newslet-ter and/or our website does not constitute a
recommendation.
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Dear Residents How lovely to be talking to you again after the winter has passed. I felt that in this issue it might be useful for you all if I compiled a list of the responsibilities of the various authorities that your Council Tax supports: SURREY POLICE
Law enforcement
Crime prevention
I am sure that you are all aware that the Police charge on your Council Tax bill is shown as a separate amount. SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
Education; including building & maintenance of school/college
buildings, staff salaries and resources for pupils
Fire
Highways; including “on street” parking
Libraries
Recreation, arts and museums
Roads and footpaths
Social services; including those for young people, older people,
child abuse and care of the elderly
Strategic planning
Trading standards
Traffic management and street lighting
Transport
Waste disposal
REIGATE & BANSTEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL
Benefits
Car parks and Parking enforcement
Collection of Council Tax and non-domestic/business rates
Day/community centres
Environmental health
Housing
Leisure centres, arts, commons and open spaces
Local plans and planning applications
Waste collection
These lists are not all inclusive because some of these headings have many services within each category. We hope you find the lists useful. Councillor Joan Spiers Leader of the Council
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01737-276000 (ask for the Leader’s Office)
Councillor Rosalind Mill
Executive Member for Strong Communi-ties
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01737-833705
Dear Residents
It does not seem like a year since I last wrote to you through the Residents’ Association AGM newsletter. For the County Coun-cil it has been an interesting and difficult year, yet with many quite positive messages.
You will have noticed at a local level, I hope, that many of the issues concerning the street scene are showing a rapid improve-ment.
The new roads contract has led to a dramatic increase in the quantity and quality of the road repairs. Potholes still exist but they are treated more quickly and to better effect. In the divi-sion many roads have been resurfaced - Outwood Lane, part of the A217 to the south of Lower Kingswood, Tadworth Street by Chinthurst School and The Avenue in Tadworth plus many sur-face dressings. More importantly to the residents affected a number of cul-de-sacs have been attended to, to the great satis-faction of all concerned.
Having said this I still drive around making mental lists of works we would all like to see carried out and 'normality' should be when all is right.
Most of the streetlights have been replaced; the street signs have been cleaned with the exception of some on the middle carriage-way of the A217 and the odd one or two that were missed. The white lines on the ‘A’ roads are being renewed/refreshed then the ‘B’ roads and then everything else.
The winter plan for road gritting showed to be fit for purpose although it has yet to be tested by a longer cold spell.
My portfolio this year has given me not only the responsibility for Adult Social Care but also for the transfer of public health and the formation of the Health & Wellbeing Board. I am fully aware of the controversy surrounding the Health & Social Care Bill but I am sure that we will have in place in Surrey the neces-sary structure to fulfill the County's responsibilities within the time frame. This is a subject of great concern and please contact me if you have any points that you would like to discuss.
The budget continues to be a great cause of concern with the current state of public finances.
As you may be aware Surrey County Council has decided not to accept the Government’s offer of a one-year grant of 2.5% of the value of Council Tax to those councils in England who do
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council report
Surrey County Council
report
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not seek to increase the Council Tax for local residents.
At Surrey County Council we understand the Government's inten-tion at this time and agree with this as a national policy. For those councils who are, in the main, funded via central Government grant, the offer is appealing and right in the circumstances. Some councils receive over 70% of their funding from central Govern-ment and raise only the balance from their residents. In our case only 21% of our funding comes in this manner. This is just a statement of fact.
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has accepted the Council Tax freeze grant and again we would support their decision to do so because of the contrasting financial circumstances they have to Surrey County Council; their service provision and capital require-ments differ from those that we face as a County.
The formula grant we receive will fall by £15 million from April this year 2012. The Government grant offer, in our case £14 mil-lion, will not become part of our tax base, that is the means by which all future self-funding is calculated. The result is that we would lose £70 million over a five-year period in our medium-term Financial Plan, against a grant of £14 million for one year. This one-year grant could not be used for mainstream service delivery as one offs should be used only in that year, as they are not part of the tax base.
After the last County elections we developed a four-year Financial Plan and by using this and implementing our Public Value Review programme, we have saved £130 million in two years. We have now developed a new five-year strategy, which, on present projec-tions, will realise a further £206 million of savings. With this, and if our future income projections are correct, not easy when coun-cils will be funded in part from central government by a new method next year, then we can maintain services. This also takes into account service pressures within the forecast.
The problem begins to arise with the funding of the necessary investment in capital projects. Ongoing investment in highways, structures, some school maintenance etc. We have to add a large investment in new school places of £244 million. This is the equivalent of 26 new primary schools of two streams each because of the increase in the school-age population. The majority of this capital, a total forecast of £681 million, has to be funded from the revenue budget; it is that budget which pays for the services. So the choice is: protect services, cut investment or cut services and maintain investment. Rely on Surrey funding in Surrey and both can be maintained: i.e. as explained earlier, close the £70m funding gap over the next five years.
We need an assured long-term income plan to be able to provide the full level of services and the capital investment that the County requires. Short term planning will create a financial black hole, which will harm Surrey’s economy and residents.
I am quite happy to talk to all of you concerning this matter.
The full decision papers for the Council meeting on 7th February 2012 can be found on the Surrey County Council website.
At a local level we are working much more closely with the 11 boroughs and districts in Surrey and especially with our own bor-ough, Reigate & Banstead, with whom we have a Public Works Board and, in due course, the improvements that will come in our area will start to become apparent. This will soon come to your attention through the policy documents that will come before both Councils.
If you have any concerns please contact me via email or telephone.
Councillor Michael Gosling Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Health County Councillor for Banstead South Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020-8541-9733 (work) Editor’s Note Councillor Gosling has asked us to in-clude the following notes concerning parking; any issues that you identify should be forwarded directly to him: DO’S AND DON’TS OF PARKING DO’S
Identify the location of parking difficulties - for example is it on a
junction, section of road or whole area.
Identify the nature of the current difficulties.
Consider sight lines (vehicle sight-lines should be taken at approxi-
mately 1metre height from surface, and pedestrians sight lines
should be considered for all ages of pedestrians - especially young-
er children). As a rough guide, junctions where vehicles are rou-
tinely parking within 10 metres of the junction will usually be ap-
propriate for parking controls.
Consider whether the current parking problem would be moved by
the introduction of controls and if so the impact
Consider access for larger vehicles - for example, emergency vehi-
cles (taken approximately at 3 metres/10 feet width - greater clear-
ance required at bends).
Consider disabled users - parking provision and access.
Consider enforcement feasibility - for example, time limited park-
ing bays are hard to enforce and require greater enforcement re-
sources and remote locations may be impractical to enforce
(restrictions at remote locations should only be introduced where
absolutely necessary).
Consider the needs of all road users - residents, businesses, visitors
and even commuters where their custom may increase say the
station viability.
Consider the current parking levels - controls should usually only
be introduced where parking levels exceed 85%.
Be as specific as possible about the current parking problem, so
that the engineers within the county's parking team conduct an
informed assessment for controls when the time comes.
DON’TS
Try not to suggest a solution but instead, using the above guidance,
try and accurately describe the problem so the solution can be easi-
ly determined by the parking team.
Be careful not to consider the problem in isolation.
Be careful to only consider controls where necessary - the introduc-
tion of parking controls will almost always lead to a reduction in
available parking provision.
Do not suggest locations where the parked vehicles may actually be
offering a positive benefit - for example, acting as a traffic calming
measure.
Lower Kingswood Village News Page 4 Spring 2012
THEFTS FROM VEHICLES
This is a PRIORITY for the Borough and as your Safer Neigh-bourhood Team; we don’t want you to become a victim.
We urge you to come to our Meet the Beat/Street Surgeries where we can give out crime prevention tools. These vary from useful reminder stickers or warnings to criminals. We also give out anti-theft screws which are normally used for number plates. Below is some crime prevention advice, PLEASE read.
When leaving your car:
Don't leave anything inside your car. Clothes, cigarettes and loose
change can all encourage a break-in.
Remove the stereo or stereo fascia if possible.
Remove satellite navigation devices if possible, including the sup-
port cradle. Wipe away any suction pad marks left on the dash-
board or windscreen.
Leave your glove box open, to show it is empty.
Close windows and sunroofs and lock the doors and boot.
Remove the keys and lock the car, even if you are leaving it for just
a few minutes.
Ensure your vehicle is always locked.
If your vehicle doesn’t have an alarm, get one fitted. Insurance
companies will often give a discount for properly installed and
approved alarms.
Never leave personal documentation on view in your vehicle. Any-
thing with payment details or addresses may attract a thief.
Never leave tools or equipment in your vehicle overnight. No tools
means no work and a big bill to replace them.
Catalytic converter theft is on the increase; mark yours to deter
thieves.
Security mark all your tools and equipment to make items uniquely
identifiable and less attractive to a thief.
Fit lockable wheel nuts, tamper proof number plate screws and a
lockable fuel cover cap. These are all cheap and easy to fit.
Make sure you have fully comprehensive insurance for your vehi-
cle. Thieves will often ‘smash and grab’ causing damage that is
expensive to repair and may take you of the road for several days.
Useful websites include: www.immobilise.com www.selectadna.co.uk
www.retainagroup.com www.smartwater.com
PC 3027 Sue Roe Safer Neighbourhood Team Banstead Banstead Police Station Surrey Police Phone number 101 (in emergency dial 999) www.surrey.police.uk Fax number 01483-634611
I work a varied shift pattern, an alternative contact address is: [email protected] for non-urgent notifications of a crime; you can also use the online crime reporting facility available at: www.surrey.police.uk
For local news, dates of local surgeries or your next Police-Public panel meeting please visit: www.surrey.police.uk and go to 'My Neighbourhood'.
LOWER KINGSWOOD’S “MEET THE BEAT”
Monday 14th May
Monday 9th July
Monday 3rd September
Held inside the BP Petrol Station, Brighton Road,
Lower Kingswood from 12:00 noon to 12:30pm
PCSO 13051 Mo Langley
Editor’s Note There is a new mechanism for viewing crime statistics, which can be accessed from the national police website www.police.uk/crime and this shows that, for the month of January 2012, there were a total of 11 instances of crime & anti social behaviour in Lower Kingswood. These were made up of burglary 1, anti social behaviour 3, vehicle crime 2, violent crime 1, shoplifting 1, criminal damage & arson 1, other theft 1 and other crime 1. This website also allows these in-stances to be viewed street by street! However, comments from our local police officers have previously indicated that Lower Kingswood itself continues to have relatively low levels of reported crime. Never-theless you should notify Surrey Police immediately of any suspi-cious callers or people loitering in your area, any unfamiliar vehicles, or any suspicious activity at neighbouring properties.
Surrey Police report
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Earlier in the year the local schools had a competition to design an Olympic torch. The winning design was chosen by a selec-tion of children from the different schools. A group of children were lucky enough to spend a morning at The Beacon and found out how it was being made in the technology department. In the summer term each school will have the torch for one week be-fore it has to be ‘run’ by the staff (including the Head-teacher) and hopefully some children to the next school - unfortunately we have to run to Epsom Downs! We are aiming to plan a range of events linked to the Olympics which promote healthy living, working together in teams or groups and understanding
more about different countries and cul-tures around the world. We are also hop-ing to have a potential British Olympian visit our school!
Earlier in the term our Year 5 children and staff had a wonderful three-day residential trip to an outdoor activity centre in Kent. The children were able to learn the im-portance of working together during rock climbing and abseiling, as well as trying to conquer any fear of heights! Other activi-ties included dry slope skiing, completing an assault course and swimming.
At the end of the spring term Year 6 will be visiting France. This trip will give the children opportunities to speak French,
visit a WWII cemetery, learn how to make croissants in a French bakery and visit a traditional French market.
Finally, the governing body of the school will have a vacancy this summer and if anyone has financial ex-pertise/knowledge and would like to be-come a governor, please contact the school to find out more about the position and what the role entails.
Duncan Steele
Head teacher
Kingswood Primary School
Lower Kingswood Village News Page 6 Spring 2012
Dear Friends,
EASTER – FAITH, HOPE and LOVE
Jesus of Nazareth, was born over 2,000 year ago in an obscure town in the Middle East. During his first 30 years he shared the daily life and work of an ordinary home in a carpenter’s workshop. For the next three years he went about teaching people and healing the sick by the shores of Lake Galilee. He called 12 ordinary working men to be his helpers.
He had no money. He wrote no books. He commanded no army and wielded no political power. During his life he never travelled more than 200 miles from his home. He was executed by crucifixion at around the age of 33.
Today nearly two billion people throughout the world worship him as divine – the Son of God. Why should such an ‘unsuccessful’ life give rise to such a following? Jesus’ teaching of loving God and loving and forgiving our neighbour alone would not have led him to a criminal’s death on a cross, but he also challenged the authorities of his day and foresaw his death, teaching that it was God’s appointed means of bringing self-centred people back to Him. He also taught his disciples that he would not leave them alone but be raised to life again three days after his death.
The reason that such an apparently unsuccessful life and that his name and teaching simply didn’t just die in the dust of history with him, was that indeed three days after his death his followers did meet him alive again and were energised by the Spirit so that frightened and defeated men and women became fearless and joyful messengers turning the world upside down. This Easter faith is that which still gives hope and that which is a wellspring of love in an increasingly hard, materialistic and unforgiving world.
This year the Bishop of Southwark, Bishop Christopher, is initi-ating a mission of carrying the message of faith, hope and love to the people of this diocese. In Kingswood we, the people of the Church, will commit ourselves to this joyful task. You will be very welcome to join us at any of our services but especially over the Easter season.
Garth Barber Vicar - St. Andrews with the Wisdom of God (On a personal aside please note that I shall be recuperating from a heart by-pass operation in a period from February to April.)
PARISH SERVICES OVER THE EASTER PERIOD
1st April 9:30am Wisdom of God - Palm Sunday Service
with the Long Gospel
1st April 11:00am St. Andrews - Palm Sunday Service with
the Long Gospel
2nd April 8:00pm St Andrews - Compline night prayer
service
3rd April 8:00pm Wisdom of God - Compline night prayer
service
4th April 10:00am St. Andrews - Holy Communion
4th April 8:00pm St Andrews - Compline night prayer
service
5th April 8:00pm Wisdom of God - The Last Supper
6th April 1:00pm Wisdom of God - Good Friday Two Hour
Meditation
7th April 8:00pm St Andrews - Service of light and renew-
al of Baptism Vows
8th April 9:30am Wisdom of God - Easter Day Holy Com-
munion
8th April 11:00am St Andrews - Easter Day Holy Commun-
ion
The Wisdom of God Church
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Lower Kingswood Strollers has only had one stroll since the last report was written, to Oaks Park, a gentle and surprisingly dry 5th visit to a relatively local favourite. But during the quiet, non-strolling winter months LK Strollers has secretly passed a mile-stone, not hidden away on Walton Heath or Colley Hill but in our somewhat faulty memories. We have been in the habit of meeting up for a relaxing meal around Christmas time. Due to the uncooperative weather, we arranged the Christmas 2011 meal for January 2012, and realised that since our first expedition we have been to at least 54 locations on 102 outings (we have no record of where we went in May 2001 and August 2002!). Of the 54 locations, 32 have been visited only once – some catching up to be done there – and the most frequently visited location has seen our wanderings no less than 8 times! Any guesses as to where it is? Moreover, given the nature of the weather herea-
bouts on the 4th Mondays, it is perhaps surprising that we have only been rained (or snowed) off 15 times – but have sometimes met anyway!
When we sit down and look over the past nearly 11 years, alt-hough the numbers present on any given excursion now rarely exceed 9 and we peaked in 2002 with an average of 15, the aver-age attendance over the almost 11 years is just under 11. But perhaps the most amazing fact is that over 60 people have joined with us at one time or another.
What delights lie in store for 2012? We do not yet know; but here is the question – would you like to join us and perhaps in-troduce us to somewhere as yet undiscovered? We usually meet at 2:00 p.m. on the 4th Monday each month.
Lower Kingswood Strollers
Unfortunately we had to cancel the start of the 13th year of CAMEO meetings, due to the bitterly cold weather and icy foot-paths. However, we managed to get the message to all our members.
So, at the time of writing, we are now ea-gerly looking forward to the meeting booked for Monday 12th March, when we have a return visit from the Kingswood Primary School choir. The last visit was really good and the little ones sang with
such enthusiasm. On 16th April we have David Hodges coming to speak about Tadworth Court Hospital for sick chil-dren. Then, on 14th May, Shirley Cornish will be sharing her dolls house hobby with us.
‘Come And Meet Each Other’ meetings are held in the Lower Kingswood Evan-gelical Church in Smithy Lane, on the second Monday of each month at 2:00pm. Our numbers are continually increasing; if
you also would like to come along, please contact us for more information. We wel-come both men and women of all age groups to our informal meetings, which finish with a light tea followed by a short epilogue. If you are looking to make new friends or renew old acquaintances, do join with us, this is the meeting for you.
CAMEO Club - ‘Come And Meet Each Other’
A few months ago I was speaking in a formal meeting to a group of University students, trying to answer the question: ‘Aren’t Christians missing out?’ It’s a really good question! Many of us live with the unquestioned assumption that Christianity is some-how bad news, that Jesus will take away our freedom or make us miserable, that following Jesus will restrict us. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Although Jesus does make demands on us, these demands are for our good. Jesus instructs us how to live because he knows what is best for us. It’s exactly the same with a loving human parent. They limit their toddler’s freedom to keep them safe. They put gates on the stairs so that they don’t climb up or fall down. They put covers on the plug sockets so that they don’t stick their fingers into the wall and get a shock. They make sure that the food they eat is suitable for them. These limits are an expression of love.
Further, Jesus also spoke about the effect that knowing him would have on people. He said that knowing him would be like drinking ‘living water’. It would be as refreshing as enjoying a cold glass of water on a hot summer day. He said that knowing him be like eating food, which means that we ‘will never go hun-gry’ again. It would be all we need for fullness of life both be-fore and after death. He said that knowing him would lead to us having ‘life to the full’. This hardly sounds like someone who
thought that following him would be bad news, would mean that people miss out, would mean a loss of freedom!
This is what we believe as a Church and what we love to help others think about this and experience for themselves. If you are interested, then we meet every Sunday at our Church premis-es at 47 Smithy Lane at 10:30am and 6:30pm.. You can find us on the internet at: www.lkec.org.uk or you can e-mail me at: [email protected].
We look forward to welcoming you!
Jim Murkett
Lower Kingswood Evangelical Church
Lower Kingswood Village News Page 8 Spring 2012
An Edwardian nursing chair, a Georgian great grandfather clock and an Art Deco bedroom suite are examples of great finds at Surrey’s furniture re-use showrooms.
Donations of unwanted items such as these to the Surrey Reuse Net-work helped around 2,225 house-holds furnish their homes for less, between April to September last year, according to research carried
out by Surrey County Council.
This helped to stop some of the 3,000 tonnes of reusable furni-ture and white goods that get thrown away in Surrey every year ending up in landfill.
Ian Lake, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport & Environment, said: “These are difficult financial times so good quality furniture and kitchen appliances, which some people would consider throwing away, can make a huge difference to people who are looking to buy something for their home. Reusing also benefits the environment.”
Now in its second year, Surrey Re-use Network, which is made up of a group of six local charities, helps hundreds of house-holds every year to furnish their homes at affordable prices.
Chris Robins, manager of the Woking re-use centre, explained: “Wasting less and reusing more helps raise funds for the com-munity work the six charities carry out. We offer employment, training and volunteering opportunities, providing an important service to local people.”
To buy or donate furniture call: 0800-082-0180 or visit: www.surreyreusenetwork.org.uk.
BUY - TURN YOUR HOUSE INTO A HOME
Buying reusable furniture and kitchen appliances offers a wide range of benefits including providing excellent value for money, preventing good quality furniture from going to waste and the chance to find a really unique and interesting new item for your home.
Here are just a few reasons to visit your local Surrey Re-use Net-work showroom:
Fantastic savings – whether you buy a modern piece of flat pack
furniture or a 100-year-old solid wood piece, you'll be getting a
bargain.
Excellent choice – new items come into the showrooms all the time
so there is always a wide range to choose from.
Great quality – whether modern or old the items for sale are
checked for quality and safety.
Hidden treasures - one off pieces regularly feature and can add a
unique sense of style to your home.
Good cause – buying from the network enables the community
support it provides, helping families in need and enabling people
to get back into work.
Green savings – buying reusable items saves them from going to
landfill, which is both financially and environmentally costly.
DONATE - FIND A NEW HOME FOR YOUR OLD FA-VOURITES
At some stage in their lives everyone has items of furniture or kitchen appliances that they no longer want, but don't really want to see them go to waste. Donating to the Surrey Re-use Network is the ideal way to make sure the favourite items you've lived with find a new home.
Here are just a few good reasons to donate:
It's easy – a simple phone call is all it takes to donate. A member of
the team will arrange for collection or you can drop it off if easier.
Convenient – you will be given a 2 hour collection slot to fit in with
when you'll be at home.
Help on hand – staff from the re-use charities will help take the
items out of your home, particularly helpful if you're elderly or
disabled.
Low cost – it will almost always be cheaper to have the items col-
lected and taken away by a re-use charity than any other alterna-
tive.
Community benefit – your donation will help raise funds for the
community work the charities carry out, helping families in need
and enabling people to get back into work.
Green savings – buying reusable items saves them from going to
landfill, which is both financially and environmentally costly.
You could even donate some time; if you would like to volunteer to
help your local re-use project you can find one local to you on the
contact page.
Of the 6 Surrey Re-use Network sites in Surrey the nearest is at::
FURNISTORE Holmethorpe Industrial Estate 46 Holmethorpe Avenue Redhill RH1 2NL
Telephone: 08450-544089 Email: [email protected] Website: www.furnistore.co.uk
Could your group be in need of some more or new equipment or help with funding a project? If so, the Kingswood Village Hall Trust exists to make financial grants for this purpose. All you need to do is write to the Secretary asking for your request to be considered, giving details of what you need together with costs.
Surrey Re-use Network
Kingswood Village Hall
Trust
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The Lower Kingswood Scout Group continues to pursue a pro-gramme of fun, learning and adventure.
We are looking forward to on-going activities in the coming months and we are open to new boys and girls and, of course, to adult help.
BEAVER SCOUTS (6-8 years) meet on Thursdays from 5:00pm to 6:00pm.
During the last few months we have visited ‘Pets at Home’, cre-ated craft items, joined in the district carol service and devised a shadow puppets show.
Although this section is currently run by one experienced leader with the assistance of formal helpers and a parent’s rota, the leader is retiring at the end of the summer term and a replacement is urgently needed. This would suit any adult or a partnership of two or three adults with an interest in inspiring young people. No formal or past knowledge of Scouting is needed as support is available within the group and comprehensive training options are accessible locally.
CUB SCOUTS (8-10½ years) meet regularly on Thursdays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
We had a very enjoyable pack holiday before Christmas which concentrated on preparing Christmas baskets for parents but we took time out to use the caving complex on the Walton Firs site. We are now practicing for the forthcoming swimming gala as well as gaining a variety of badges.
The SCOUT SECTION (10½ - 14 years) holds its regular meetings on Mondays from 7:30 to 9:00pm.
We sometimes meet at venues away from home for specific ac-tivities. Recently we have been learning first aid, carving totems, branding and climbing artificial rock walls. We are now looking forward to a weekend of offshore sailing with ‘Adventures Off-shore’ and other exciting camps/events in the coming months.
The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE held a Christmas Fayre which provided a social opportunity to buy Christmas gifts and enjoy a chat and carols. Following last year's successful prece-dent, a plant sale is to be held in May.
The group as a whole is collecting Sainsbury's “Active Kids” vouchers and we are about to start a co-operative scheme with Shelter Box.
To find out more check out our Group website: www.9thReigate.co.uk or contact Geoff Dunstan (our Group Scout Leader) on: 0844-414-2215 or email: [email protected]
Lower Kingswood Evangelical Church Parent and Toddler group We’re a small friendly group meeting every Friday morning during school term time 9:15am to 11:00am…and we’d love more people to come and join us! We’ve enjoyed using our outdoor play space nearly every week during the winter for bikes, trikes, scooters, a slide and other things too. There are also lots of indoor toys as well as play dough and something to make each week in our craft area. There’s always plenty of tea, coffee, homemade cakes and fruit for everyone. In our story time at the end of the morning, we’ve been hearing about some of the amazing things Je-sus did, including healing a blind man, walking on water, calming a storm. We all love joining in to sing some songs to end our time together. Come and join us! Lower Kingswood Evangelical Church, 47 Smithy Lane, Lower Kingswood, KT20 6UA
9th
Reigate Scout Group Lower Kingswood
Please support the Scout Group at our:
PLANT SALE
on Saturday the 19th May, between 12:00 noon & 2:00pm in the ‘Ron Stoneman’ Scout Hut,
Buckland Road
As last year, there will be cakes & refreshments, plus a range of plants for sale: ranging from herbs,
vegetables, perennials, bedding to hardy.
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The Diamond Jubilee Fête committee met on the 28th February. There was a excellent attendance, the committee were pleased to welcome Colin Bashford as the new Treasurer, along with repre-sentatives from the Lower Kingswood Social Club (Buckland Road), Kingswood Village Club (Brighton Road) and from The Fox on the Hill. There were a lot of confirmed bookings.
Claire Larbey (Chairman) welcomed all and thanked Gill & Ken Utting for hosting the evening. It was asked if the Church Bell at the Wisdom of God could be rung that evening and much discussion on the Beacon. This is quite a difficult item to see where to stage it, as it was hoped to coincide with the Queen lighting the first Beacon at 10:30pm. The Treasurer received a cheque for £1,000 from Fidelity Worldwide Investments, which was greeted with delight by members, as this will pay for event insurance and other attractions. A cheque from Surrey County Councillor Michael Gosling for £150 was also much appreciat-ed. A poster had been produced, but this gave rise to many comments and will be reviewed. Confirmation of their stalls from groups who have attended was given. Many attractions had been booked. Phil Middleton (from Kingswood Village club) gave news about a static car display. Kingswood Village Social club had many ideas that are still to be confirmed. The Fox on Hill are hoping to provide foods of different flavours (including Gurkha). The “Bring your own Picnic” is very much
still a start to the afternoon’s fun. Kingswood W.I. are going to stage the “Cup Cake fit for a Queen” competition, this will be in the Church Hall along with the cake stall and teas etc. The “60 Decades” exhibition plans are coming along and will be held on Monday 4th June from 12:30pm to 4:30pm; Kingswood School will also be taking part in this exhibition, with work from the children about the 60 decades on display for you all to see.
Plans for a beer tent and tug of war also were discussed. The “Auction of Promises” has been cancelled, it was felt it was im-practicable to hold it on that afternoon, and perhaps could be done as a separate event. At the moment it has not been possi-ble to hire a ‘Pearly King’ and/or ‘Pearly Queen’, but hopefully it might be resolved. Mercedes Benz are to attend and hopefully perhaps even have a car for some to have a drive in. There will be fun games for the young people to enjoy and plenty of activi-ties for them to enjoy. However, if wet, the Wisdom of God Church, Scout Hut and Church Hall will all be used to stage what can be fitted in.
All we hope now is for a super sunny weekend for everyone to have fun, especially the Queen.
So please put the date of Jubilee Bank Holiday Monday, 4th June 2012 into your diary.
Diamond Jubilee Celebrations - 4th June 2012
We are all so looking forward to some sunshine & fresh air and have been very sporty this term! We were visited by the ‘Limited Edition Cheerleaders’ and the girls loved being coached by Yas-min & Sophie, and also by Tracey from Fairlands Netball Club who I have to say is incredible and used to coach me not so long ago! Our visit to ICANDO on Buckingham Palace Road was brilliant and I was very proud of all my ladies: We went to London to visit the Queen But she was nowhere to be seen So we watched the chang-ing of the guard And stood still for half hour which wasn't so hard Next was ICANDO Thank goodness as Brown Owl was busting for the loo Back on the train home-ward bound Tired, happy and smiles
all around We made some lovely flowers for our Mummies for Mothers Day and are very much looking forward to a visit from a rugby coach from Sports Focus UK. Our unit is now running at the maximum and we have a waiting list if you would like to add your daughter please contact us.
1st Lower Kingswood
Brownies
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Lower Kingswood Parent/Carer and Toddler Group is a very friendly and welcoming community run group. We are open every Thursday morning during term time from 10.00am until 12:00 noon in the Church Hall on Buckland Road.
All children from 0-4 years are welcome to join us to enjoy our variety of craft activities, baby safe zone, ride-ons, role play are-as, story and song time and much more! Activities and games are organised on a rota, so each week we can guarantee your child will be kept thoroughly entertained! Our craft tables offer play dough play each week along with another table-top craft or activity.
Entry is £2 for one adult and one child and 50p more per extra child/children. This price includes all the fun and games plus unlimited juice and biscuits for the children and tea/coffee/biscuits for the adults.
We also have regular stallholders visiting us. These include ‘Phoenix Cards’, ‘Pampered Chef’ etc. and twice a year ‘Tempest Photographers’ spend a morning with us offering you the chance to get some fantastic photographs of your child/children. By the time this newsletter is published they will already have paid us their first visit.
We aim to provide a relaxed, happy and safe environment for your child to mix with other children and a chance for you to meet and mix with other parents.
If you have any questions regarding our group, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to meeting you!
Everyone welcome, young or old, come and have a cuppa and get to meet others from inside & outside the Village. Toys & Activities for babies & children too
Every Wednesday morning from 9:00am to 10:00am (during term time) at the ‘Ron Stoneman’ Scout Hut, Buckland Road (next to the Church Hall)
Admission £2.00 per adult including 1st child, additional chil-dren 50p each. Fee includes; self service coffee, various teas, soft drinks, squash, or hot chocolate & biscuits
The Church Hall has had a few minor problems lately. Firstly we had to replace the fridge, we have learnt that such “white goods” do not appear to last very long. Then we found that the small window in the ladies toilet had been broken; it had hap-pened from the inside too! We do wish people would let us know when these things happen, as we expect it’s was accidental. We are waiting for Harris Windows to make the necessary re-pairs.
We are pleased that ‘Zumba’ has an extra class on a Friday morning and ‘Pilates’ an extra class on a Thursday evening. We were very sorry to say goodbye to the ‘Sequence Dance Group’ in December, after they had used the hall for well over thirty years; they always were very interested in the Hall and helpful too.
Jim Moreton our gardener is continuing with a battle to keep the borders tidy. Marianne and Laurie also continue with their work of looking after the Hall and bookings, please ring them on 01737-832848 if you wish for information or bookings. Our Treasurer Casey continues with her battle of keeping us solvent, this gets more difficult with expenses rising once again.
The Hall together with the Church will be running a “History Exhibition” for the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations on Monday 4th June; hopefully this will showcase changes in and around the Village changes during the Queen’s 60 years of rule.
Again we thank villagers who keep an eye on the Hall and help clear the litter.
I should like to thank the Hall committee for their continuing support.
For further information on booking the Hall please contact Marianne and Laurie Kaye on 01737- 832848.
Lower Kingswood Parent/
Carer & Toddler Group
Lower Kingswood coffee
mornings
Church Hall
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As we move towards the end of the season for many of our teams, I thought I would give everyone a brief progress report on how each of the teams has per-formed thus far.
In summary we have the following teams playing in the Epsom & Ewell Youth League (Saturday):
Under 8s - play non-competitive friendly match-
es and therefore do not compete in a league or cup competition. All the boys are enjoying their football.
Under 10s – our two U10 teams are enjoying a good season with the A team losing only twice and currently lying second. The B team has lost only four times.
Under 11s – Both U11 teams have had a difficult season. Our first team opted to go 11 aside while the Colts played the 9v9 for-mat.
Our Under 12 Colts have now completed their season and have won their league.
Our Under 17s are currently second in the Premier Division hav-ing lost only four matches.
We have the following teams playing in the Surrey Youth League (Sunday):
Under 12s – Currently 4th in Division 1 having lost only 2 games.
Under 12 Juniors – Currently 4th in Division 2 with games in hands having lost only twice.
Under 13s – Currently 4th in Division 1 with games in hand. They are also in the League Cup Final on 29th April - a possible league and cup double.
Under 13s Colts – A tough season for the Colts.
Under 15s – Currently 3rd in the Prem-ier Elite but with games in hand on the leaders. They are also in the semi-final of their League Cup - a possible league and cup double.
We also have a team playing in the Surrey County Women & Girls League (Sunday):
Under 15s – Comfortably mid table but are in the Final of the Surrey County Cup.
Our two senior teams play in the Redhill & District Football League (Saturday):
1st Team – In only their 2nd season as a team they are currently top of Division 3 having only lost 2 games and they are in the semi-finals of the League Cup - a possible league and cup double.
Reserves – A mid table finish is quite an achievement in their 1st season together as a team.
We are always looking for new recruits. If anyone wishes to join us, please contact us at: [email protected].
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SPRING FLOWER SHOW
On Saturday 14th April 2012 at the Church of the Good Shep-herd, Tadworth
Entry £1 for non-members
Why not try your hand at one of the many classes in the show?
A friendly Flower Show, happy to welcome new members, with help and advice available if you need it.
GARDENER'S DELIGHT – a date for your diary
Saturday 16th June & Sunday 17th June 2012 1:00pm to 6:00pm
For garden lovers this is a weekend not to be missed - a wonder-ful opportunity to get ideas by seeing how other gardeners plan and look after their own gardens. No expensive “Chelsea Gar-dens” here but enthusiasts making the most of the spaces they have and adapting the design and planting.
Gardens full of luscious plantings: fruit, vegetables, pots brim-ming with flowers, raised beds and rambling roses. As you make your way round the gardens there are delicious lunches and teas, which can be eaten in sunny conservatories and shady sitting areas.
Then it’s off again to see the beautifully kept lawns; greenhouses full of fruit and flowers; box hedges; ponds and borders over-flowing with summer flowers.
All this with a great welcome, knowledgeable gardeners and plants for sale.
Tickets £4.50 give access to all the gardens on both days.
Hopefully by now spring is well under way. After such a dry winter conserving water is going to be a major concern. Flower beds need a good spring-clean, removing all weeds and lightly digging over to aerate the soil, adding in handfuls of a slow re-lease fertiliser as you go, blood fish and bone, or any bought slow release mix to feed the plants for the whole season. Then add a good thick layer of mulch to repress weeds and hold in as much moisture as possible. Always put mulch on damp soil, not dry or the two surfaces will not bond. It can be well-rotted compost - really well rotted or you will just add to your troubles - leaf mould, composted bark or any product sold as mulch. Coco shell is the only one I have had trouble with, it just seems to form a separate layer all of its own. Prune spring flowering shrubs like Forsythia as soon as the flowering is over, and cut back quite hard to a strong new shoot. These shrubs will flower best on the wood they produce this year, so the longer next
year’s buds have to grow and ripen the better. Early summer flowering shrubs, Deutzia and Philadelphus for example, flower best on 2 to 3 year old wood, so they should be pruned in rota-tion, cutting out only the oldest wood hard down. Late summer shrubs such as Buddleia flower best on the wood they produce this year, so they should be pruned in April/May, again hard down to a strong shoot. Don't be scared of pruning - unless you hack the thing to ground level the worst you will do is miss out on some flowers this year. Take it slowly, stand back and check you have the shape you want, and remember that shrubs need feeding too.
Growing your own vegetables can be very rewarding. Plant main crop potatoes now, onions and early potatoes should be in. If you want to grow any brassicas - cabbage, sprouts, calabrese etc. - grow them in well manured soil and net them against butter-flies, this last point is really essential, and much better than spraying chemicals everywhere. Root crops do not like rich soil, they tend to fork, so grow carrots and parsnips in soil that had a brassica crop last year or just don't feed it much. Onions need plenty of water early on, or they will bolt - go to seed straight away instead of bulking up a good bulb. The more tender crops, beans, tomatoes, corn, go in in late May early June, once the frosts are over. It is really not worth trying to get them in earli-er, it may be sunny by day but cold nights will check them and they will grow healthy and fast if you wait for warmth at night as well.
There is still an Allotments shop in Tattenham Way, just past the cross roads after ASDA. It operates the same way we used to in Smithy Close; it opens on Sunday mornings from 9:00am until 12:00 noon, and stocks the same range of products.
Kingswood, Walton & Tad-
worth Horticultural Society
Gardening “Hints & Tips”
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SEPTEMBER 2011
A Meeting of the Committee took place on Tuesday, 13th Sep-tember 2011. In addition to Committee members, Councillors Michael Gosling and Julie Tomlinson were in attendance.
In addition to formal matters -
Councillor Tomlinson reported on:
Complaints she had received from residents in relation to potholes
and delays on the A217 resulting from the laying of the water pipe-
line.
Her continuing promotion of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Celebra-
tions in conjunction with the Village Fête Committee.
Rubbish recycling and the Committee’s request for a definitive list
of exactly what could be recycled and where this could be done.
Councillor Gosling reported on:
The Local Government Boundary Commission’s proposals relating
to boundary changes within Surrey which would join Lower King-
swood with Merstham and he noted the Committee’s objections to
this, which coincided with his own feelings.
The state of the roads and verges following the work being under-
taken in laying the water pipeline.
Sundry matters including potholes throughout the village, the bro-
ken traffic monitoring equipment in Smithy Lane and the cutting of
hedges.
Following discussions regarding the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Cele-
brations; he stated that he would arrange for Surrey County Coun-
cil to provide a grant of £150 to be applied for by the Residents’
Association – on behalf of the Fête Committee - towards the cost of
staging the event.
It was noted that rubbish was being dumped at the periphery of the Recreation Ground.
NOVEMBER 2011
A Meeting of the Committee took place on Tuesday, 8th Novem-ber 2011. In addition to Committee members, Councillors Mi-chael Gosling, Ros Mill, Joan Spiers and Julie Tomlinson along with Surrey Police representatives PC Sue Roe and PCSO Mo Langley were in attendance.
In addition to formal matters –
Councillor Spiers reported on:
The new recycling measures, which would be implemented in 2012
– following the purchase of the requisite new vehicles and bins.
She added that Councillor Ellacott had retired from the Recycling
Portfolio and had been replaced by Councillor Kay.
The Redhill regeneration scheme and the possibility of there being
a supermarket at each end of the town.
The positive decision by the Icelandic Supreme Court, which
should, in due course, lead to the majority of the funds deposited
by the Council being recovered.
The decision by the Council to “freeze” Council Tax for the third
year in a row; although Surrey County Council was yet to make a
decision.
PC Roe reported on:
Recent thefts from a house in Beechen Lane along with some thefts
of rural equipment. She added that all residents should be on their
guard and the Police advised immediately of anything suspicious;
of particular note was the number of recent thefts of scrap metal
elsewhere.
Recent Police shift changes, which made their attendance at the
Association’s Meetings/Surgeries difficult. She commented on the
success of recent ‘Meet the Beat’ meetings held at the BP petrol
station on the A217/Brighton Road.
Councillor Gosling reported on:
The Local Government Boundary Commission’s proposals relating
to boundary changes within Surrey and he was hopeful that the
Commission would take note of the objections to the suggested
merger of Lower Kingswood with Merstham.
The work being undertaken by the new Highways contractors and
indicated that, whilst he was satisfied with their work locally, there
was still a lot of “catching up” to be done elsewhere.
The additional “one off” grant that was being made available by the
Government to enable authorities to “freeze” Council Tax for a
further year. He added that, in view of the potential long-term
financial and/or service impact of this short-term scheme, the
matter was still subject to further debate by Surrey County Council.
It was noted that only a few residents had attended the Surgery, held immediately prior to the Committee meeting. In view of this it was agreed that the Spring Surgery would be postponed and a decision made later in the year about holding an Autumn Surgery.
Residents’ Association Committee reports
Lower Kingswood
Residents’ Association
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Church Hall, Buckland Road
7:45pm on Tuesday
15th MAY 2012
Invited guests include:
Borough/County Councillors & Police
representatives
(NB. This will be preceded by the A.G.M. of
the Kingswood Village Hall Trust commencing
at 7:30pm)
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REIGATE HILL GOES QR CRAZY!
As part of our long term ambition to ensure that all our visitors to Reigate Hill and Gatton Park have the most enjoyable visit possible, and bringing the property to life we are installing QR code (quick response codes) signs at all our entry points onto the property.
With over half the UK population now owning a smart phone, the QR codes allow visitors to quickly and easily access the property website and the Surrey Hills Facebook page, by scan-ning the codes with their phone. By providing the QR codes and web addresses it has allowed us to interpret the property at all the entry points without the need to put up large information panels at each location, which often can be seen as unnecessary clutter in the countryside.
We are planning long term to use the QR codes to help illustrate some of the property that public don’t normally have access to, for example Reigate Fort, which is presently only fully open when staff are present, but by providing a video guided tour that visitors can download with their phones, they will able to see inside the buildings at anytime of the day.
REIGATE VOLUNTEERS
Over the last few months the hardworking conservation volun-teers at Reigate have been pressing ahead with woodland thin-ning works in Nutwood. Nutwood is located in Gatton Park and the thinning of the trees is part of the properties current English Woodland Grant Scheme. The aim being to take out or thin a number of the softwood trees, sycamore and ash to allow the slower growing beech to get away and so gradually reverting Nutwood back to its former glory.
The volunteers have been busy stacking all of the felled timber within the woodland. Some of this will be left on site to rot down and so benefit local wildlife. Some of the ash wood will go for logs and so will give us some income and the Larch wood will be milled on site by a mobile saw mill for us to use as fenc-ing etc. throughout the property.
The volunteers have also been working along at Juniper Hill on Reigate coppicing some of the hazel coppice that runs along the
bottom of the hill. The reason for them doing this is to increase the diversity of age struc-ture within this area of hazel and so benefiting the resident dormouse population in the area. The volunteers origi-nally helped to put up sixty dormouse boxes within this area of coppice. This was carried out in conjunction with Surrey Wildlife Trust and the National Trust to enable us to monitor the local population. The project has so far proved to be a success with a number of dormice being found on site and hopefully the recently coppiced stools of hazel will enhance the area they are living in.
Just a brief update to my article in the last issue of Village News.
At 6:30am (Tanzania local time) on 1st March 2012, I reached Gilman’s Point on Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,681 metres (18,638 feet) above sea level! It was an extremely hard slog, camping in the rain, snow and hurricanes that Kilimanjaro threw at us, trek-king through 30 degree heat and minus 10 degree snow, battling against altitude sickness and missing the creature comforts that a shower and electricity can provide!
It was with thanks to the guides and porters of Kilimanjaro Na-tional Park and the support of you back home that got me there, at times I wanted to give up but you kept me going. Unfortu-nately I couldn’t get to Uhuru (the ultimate peak) but Gilman’s Point is still the summit point on the crater rim that counts and your very kind sponsorship and donations have all gone to a very good cause. I thank you on behalf on Diabetes UK for your contributions.
Should you still wish to make a donation this can be done via: www.justgiving.com/tanya-brown3.
Thank you again.
Reigate Hill and
Gatton Park
Mount Kilimanjaro
Lower Kingswood Village News Page 18 Spring 2012
A P S GAS & HEATING Central heating, other household gas work & plumbing (including kitchens & bathrooms); Gas Safe registered engineer. Telephone: 01737-245798 or 07956-232485 or email: [email protected] A WOMAN’S TOUCH Exceptional lady decorator – attention to detail we all crave. Telephone 07814-013077 or email: [email protected] MIKE BAKER – electrician Your local electrician can provide appliance testing (PAT) of equipment used in the work place or let property. Be safe; be compliant! Telephone: 01737-830508 for details – also see main advert in Village News BARR CO – solicitors Specialist solicitors in all areas of employment law – for both employers & employ-ees. Green Lane, Lower Kingswood, KT20 6YB. Telephone: 01737-833850 or email: [email protected] or see our website: www.barrco.org.uk BUTTERCUP & DAISY CHILDMINDERS A warm, safe and friendly environment; where children will experience lots of activities & enjoyment and you have peace of mind. Telephone: 07761-808272 or 01737-833087or email: [email protected] CAROL ROY DANCE ACADEMY Live, love & dance ~ 4yrs – adults. A fun, fabulous & dynamic dance academy based in the heart of Kingswood, Surrey. Commercial Street Dance, Pop, Funky Jazz, Acro, Musical Theatre & Boys Only Street Dance! First child session is free of charge! Telephone: EmmaJane: 07958-557474 or Lucy: 07890-582 872 or email: [email protected] or see our website: www.carolroyacademy.com CHOI KWANG DO Full time martial arts centre in Redhill, offering classes for children & adults from 5 to 101 years old! Get fit and learn to defend yourself. Telephone: 0800-298-7096 or see our website: www.eackd.com CHRIS – 1st CLASS DRIVING SCHOOL Free first lesson for all, fully qualified, patient, high pass rate, competitive prices. Telephone: 01737-223034 or see our website: www.chris-1stclassdriving.co.uk DECORATING SERVICES Interior/exterior decorating, fencing/garden work/handyman services etc. Tele-phone Tony Richards on 01737-241500 or 07717-008693 DISCOTRONICS – computer sales, upgrades & repairs We also advise on and can install wiring for computers, networking, telephone, CCTV, digital TV & satellite. Telephone: 01737-833254 or email: [email protected] – also see main advert in Village News DOG COMMUNICATION - adult dog socialisation classes Socialise your dog in a secure controlled environment with teaching dogs - dogs that help other dogs to learn social skills. Telephone: 07831-173773 or email: [email protected] or see our website: www.dogcommunication.co.uk HAIR BY EMMA Mobile Hairdresser: 07984-497690 HYPNOBIRTHING® - local antenatal classes Classes with a difference for couples, a time to suit you; HypnoBirthing® the mon-gon method allows women to use their natural instincts to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing. Telephone: Leila Gardiner 07775-425301 or email: leila.gardiner@gmail or see our website: www.inspiringbirths.com KINGSWOOD PLASTERING & CONSTRUCTION Plasterting, screeding, extensions, loft conversions, kitchens, bathrooms - the best quality work at competitive prices. Telephone: 07930-647040 or email: [email protected] KINGSWOOD VILLAGE CLUB Friendly village social club offering entertainment (snooker, pool & darts) with draught beers & drinks well below pub prices. New members welcome and two halls with bars available for hire. Telephone: 01737-832082 or 01737-832880 LADY GARDENER Reliable & friendly local gardening service. General garden maintenance & tidying
up: mowing, pruning, planting, flowerbed edging & weeding. For garden care with a woman’s touch, please telephone: Lid Arthur 01737-830598 LANDSEER HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENTS Local company with expertise in painting and decorating, plastering, tiling, building works, and repairs. Member of the Federation of Master Builders for 15 years. "We do it all, big or small". Call Phil Twiddy on 01737-831172 LIL DRAGONS – for children 3-5 years old Improve your child’s confidence and social skills while having fun and exercising at the same time. Telephone: 0800-298-7096 or see our website: www.eackd.com LITTLEYEARS CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES OFSTED registered childminder with full and part time vacancies, ages 1-8 years. First Aid & CRB accredited. Committed to providing a safe, happy, fun & stimulat-ing home from home environment for your child. Telephone: 07787-548477 or email: [email protected] MALBY PHOTOGRAPHY - children and pet photography Creating memories that will last a lifetime; local photographer, based in Lower Kingswood. Telephone: 07831-173773 or email: [email protected] or see our website: www.malbyphotography.co.uk
ORCHARD COTTAGE RIDING STABLES B.H.S. & A.B.R.S. approved – established 1926. Babylon Lane, Lower Kingswood, KT20 6XA. Telephone: 01737-241311 or see our website: www.ocrs.co.uk – also see main advert in Village News PHOENIX TRADING - beautiful cards & stationery Contact me for a brochure or come and see me at the Lower Kingswood Coffee Morning on Wednesday mornings or at the Toddler Group on Thursday mornings. Telephone: 07515-632090 or email: [email protected] POOCH PARLOUR – dog grooming Over 30 years experience; we groom / bath / clip. Telephone: 01737-841010 or 07831-621227 RED CARPET ENTERTAINMENTS We provide entertainment acts for parties, weddings etc. and can also provide discos, live bands and tribute acts. Telephone: Susie Homes 07958-478620 or Ray Lowe 07852-351620 or email: [email protected] S.D. SERVICING Mobile mechanic. Telephone: 07877-107246 SEETHRU WINDOW CLEANING Residential & business. Telephone: 07877-107246 STONEMAN FUNERAL SERVICE – 5th generation family funeral director Local offices at Redhill (01737-763456), Reigate (01737-243164) & Tadworth (01737-814406) – also see main advert in Village News SURREY & SUSSEX CARPENTER Excellent experienced quality craftsmen. Telephone: Paul on: 07946-628601 THOMAS PLUMBING & HEATING Boiler & central heating installation, servicing & breakdown and plumbing work from tap washers to bathroom installation. Gas safe registered. Telephone: 01737-832836 or 07834-607082. See our website: www.thomasplumbing.co.uk or email: [email protected] WINTECH COMPUTERS Ltd Sales of computers, laptops and peripherals. We also offer a repair and upgrade service, networking and broadband. Contact us on 01737-225520 or email: [email protected] or see our website: www.wintechcomputers.com – also see main advert in Village News ZUMBA Ditch the Workout ! Join the Party. Thursdays at the Village Hall from 6:00pm till 7:00pm. Telephone Sarah Cubitt on 07827-274712 or email: [email protected]
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