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Ashtead Residents’ Association 10 Spot the Difference 44

Leatherhead Drama Festival 12 Ashtead Youth Centre 52

Leatherhead Theatre 16 Polesden Lacey Community Day 54

Free lifts to polling stations 18 Recipe - Asparagus & Pea risotto 56

Quiz - Myths & Legends 20 Red Cross Appeal 58

Bungee jump at the O² for Red Cross 22 Crossword 62

Talks by Local History Society 24 What’s going on in May? 64

Andy’s Blog 26 May crosswords 66

Car Boot Sale - a story 28 MV Police - credit card scam info 72

Leatherhead Residents’ Association 30 Local History Article 74

Local History Society’s new book 32 Transition Ashtead 78

Wheels 4 Haiti 34 Gardening - Apple Trees 80

Learn how to use a computer 36 April’s crossword solutions 81

Give a cat a home 38 Gardening - Tulips 82

Friends of Ashtead Village Hall 40 Book Reviews 84

Quiz - Literary Subtitles 40 Useful Numbers 86

What’s in here this month?

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From the Publisher

W ell that was grisly Easter weather wasn’t it? However, since then we have at laststarted to see some lovely warm days, how lovely - and the daffodils, tulips and

hyacinths are all starting to make a welcome appearance after such a long winter.

May sees the annual Leatherhead Drama Festival, which starts on Monday 3rd May for twoweeks, culminating in the Gala Evening on Saturday 15th May. This is the biggest festival ofits type in the UK with up to three plays per evening! More information about the event andhow and where to purchase your tickets, can be found on pages 12 and 13.

Richard Leary, who is the Youth Worker in charge of the Ashtead Youth Centre in BarnetWood Lane Recreation Ground, has written a lovely piece about his work with localyoungsters since 1998. He works closely with Gary Nash, the ACCT Youth Worker, and I thinkyou will enjoy reading Richard’s piece about his experience with local young people.Richard has also asked one of the young members to add a little about his experience of theyouth club and I am hoping that this will be the first of many articles written for themagazine by Richard and his group. It would be good to hear from time to time about thegood work that is going on down there. More can be found on page 52.

As I go to print, we are in the midst of election fever, well, more of a tepid flush really.Election day falls on 6th May and we shall all be waking up on Friday 7th to some interestingor wildly unexpected news - depending on your viewpoint. One of my advertisers, SmartCare, is offering the elderly and infirm, living on the distribution route of the Ashtead &

Leatherhead Local magazine, free lifts to the pollingstations around the area, give them a call to arrangethis in advance - go to page 18 for more details.

A new feature about the Cats Protection, Epsom, Ewelland District, started in the April edition and willcontinue onwards in order to give a cat a home. Theyhave many cats desperate for new homes and thismonth George & Bungle are their cats of the month(page 38).

The British Red Cross have two separate articles in themagazine this month, if you don’t fancy bungeejumping (page 22), then perhaps a donation may suit?Page 58.

Mole Valley Police are keen to warn us about a creditcard scam currently operating in this area, their articleappears on page 72.

Phew, this month’s issue is a jam-packed one. Inaddition, the June issue will feature a pull-out sectionin the centre covering this year’s Ashtead Village Dayon Saturday 12th June.

I hope you have a great May with its two lovely BankHoliday Mondays!

Tatty bye.

Zen GeorgePublisher01372 376420leatherheadlocal@btinternet.comwww.ashtead-leatherhead.com

AdvertisingThe Ashtead & Leatherhead Localprovides local businesses withaffordable, quality advertising. Adscost from £47 +VAT per month, perquarter page for a 10,000distribution (yes, really!) and can bedesigned where required.

Technical & Legal stuffWhilst every care has been taken toensure that the data in this magazineis accurate, the Publisher cannotaccept, and hereby disclaims, anyliability to any party for loss ordamage caused by errors or omissionsresulting from negligence, accidentor any other cause.

No part of this magazine may bereproduced, stored in any retrievalsystem, or transmitted in any form -electronic, mechanical, recording,photocopying, or otherwise - withoutprior permission of the Publisher.

All in-house artwork and editorialpresented in this magazine remainsthe copyright of Zen George.

© Zen GeorgeAll rights reserved 2010.

Zen George01372 376420leatherheadlocal@btinternet.comwww.ashtead-leatherhead.com

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It seems to me that the needs of youngpeople in Ashtead have not received thepriority they deserve. There have howeverbeen several recent developments whichsuggest that this is changing.

• The proposal to build a Skatepark in therecreation ground gave rise to manyconcerns but in practice it is proving to bewell used and popular. Credit is due to allthose who drove through this initiative.

• A group of mums has got together toimprove the play facilities on therecreation ground and has formed theAshtead Recreation Campaign - ARC. Theyhave been energetic, well organised andhighly successful both in raising funds andincreasing awareness of the need. Theirplans have progressed rapidly and, withsupport from Mole Valley District Council,long overdue improvement in the level ofplay provision is now a realistic prospect.

• A part time youth team based at theYouth Centre on Barnett Wood Lane, ablyled by Richard Leary, is doing outstandingwork with a group of local young peopleon very limited resources. The team isexperienced, committed and resourcefuland is providing a much needed service toprovide support, a caring environment andconstructive activities.

• As a result of the success of the AshteadChurches Community Trust in raising£100,000, a full time youth worker hasbeen employed for a period of threeyears. The appointment of Gary Nash towork with Richard and his team hasfacilitated a wide range of initiatives andhis work has already provided manybenefits for our young people.

• New sports facilities will becomeavailable soon on part of the old ParsonsMead site. This will enable the highlysuccessful youth development workundertaken by Ashtead Cricket Club tocontinue and grow.

These developments are supported by ourlocal police service, which is widelyrespected and regarded as being highlysuccessful. Having an agreed priority withthe community of tackling youth offendingand anti-social behaviour has paid dividendsand there has been a marked reduction inthis area of concern. Great credit is due toour community policeman, Jason Woods andthe PCSO’s who have assisted him. .

The common threads running through thesedevelopments are vision, commitment andcare. Those involved care about youngpeople and are prepared to do something tohelp them.

I applaud their efforts and hope that ourcommunity can build upon their endeavoursto provide the support and facilities ouryoung people deserve.

Paul Le VershaChairman

Are you a member of the ARA? If not, whynot join and help us to become an evenstronger voice for Ashtead? Membershipcurrently costs £2.50 a year perhousehold. If you would like to join orhave a general query, please contact ourMembership Secretary, Judith Weller on279944 or by email onembsec@ashteadresidents.org.uk. She willbe delighted to hear from you.

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It’s that time again – it’s time for the seventh Leatherhead Drama Festival which runs fromMonday 3rd May till the grand Gala Awards Night on Saturday 15th May.

SIR MICHAEL CAINE SUPPORTS THE FESTIVAL - Sir Michael Caine, patron of theFestival, will present the trophies to all the winners at the Gala Awards Night again in 2010 (filmingschedule permitting).

VARIED and EXCITING PROGRAMME - This year’s programme will include groups fromLondon, Middlesex, Kent, Hampshire, W.Sussex, Hertfordshire and Rutland, as well as many oldfavourites from Surrey. With two weeks of plays, the programme is very varied and looks veryexciting. This is the biggest Drama Festival of its type in the UK and with three plays most eveningsyou are assured of a good night out, each and every night! This is a chance to see some plays thatmaybe you wouldn’t normally see, plus some of the best of your old favourites.

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AWARDS - The Drama Groups, many of whom are new to the Festival this year, will becompeting in the Junior or Senior sections for the coveted “Sir Michael Caine DramaAwards” (including Best Play, Best Actor and Best Actress), the “Richard Houghton Awards” andspecial trophies for “New Writers”. Winners, runners-up and those nominated for awards willreceive certificates.

ADJUDICATION - The Festival is a competition and the plays will be performed in front of theaudience and assessed by a professional adjudicator. This year we welcome back Jill Colby, aMember of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, who will judge each play and award points. TheJunior and Senior Winning groups will re-perform at the Gala Awards Night on 15th May.

But do go along and judge the individual plays yourself !

DATES & TICKET INFORMATIONJunior Week -Monday 3rd to Friday 7th May at 7.00pm - £8 each..Season Tickets (Junior Week, 5 nights) - £20.Senior Week -Monday 10th to Friday 14th May at 7.00pm - £10 each.Season Tickets (Senior Week, 5 nights) - £25.Gala Awards Night - Saturday 15th May at 7.30pm – all tickets £15 each (No Concessions)

Programme-Pamphlets and Tickets available from the Leatherhead Theatre Box Office.Tel. 01372 365141 Website: www.the-theatre.org

AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED!Photos from each Festival since 2004 are available on: www.leatherheaddramafestival.org

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LEATHERHEAD DRAMA FESTIVAL (more info on page 12)Junior Week - Monday 3rd to Friday 7th May at 7.00pm - £8 each..Season Tickets (Junior Week, 5 nights) - £20

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Ruth saw a poster advertising a car bootsale in the grounds of the Leisure Centre

and decided it was a great opportunity to getrid of some of the family clutter. She handedeveryone a black bin bag to fill. If theyhelped out at the sale, they would eachreceive a share of the profits. The threechildren suddenly became a whirlwind ofentrepreneurial zeal as they charged aroundthe house, randomly stuffing their bags. Ben'sbag split almost immediately as the pointedend of an Action Man's gun tore through theblack plastic. Before long Ruth began toquestion the whole exercise as she followedthe trail of upturned toy boxes and ransackedcupboards.

Ruth's husband, Sam, was also given a blackbag to fill but didn't get further than thebookcase where he agonised over which bookshe could possibly live without. After half anhour, his bag contained an instruction bookleton making your own wine, a Dan Brownpaperback and The Good Pub Guide from1981.

On further examination, the children's bagscontained several of each other's prizedpossessions and there was a great deal ofsquabbling over who owned what and howmuch they could get for it. Ben was veryprudent and wanted to keep certain toys as aninvestment for the future. He had clearlybeen watching far too much daytimetelevision and was convinced that a grubby,broken 'Tinky Winky' Teletubby would beworth a fortune in twenty years time. Daniel,on the other hand, had placed several revisionguides, a couple of school text books and ahistory encyclopaedia into his bag. Sarahcouldn't bear to part with anything.

By the following Friday, Ruth had foundenough surplus clutter to fill the car. Samretrieved several items but Ruthsurreptitiously returned them to the pile. Shereally couldn't think of an occasion when theywould need that novelty umbrella stand. Ithad been in every loft they had owned sincetheir wedding, together with the 'playing card'coffee set that Aunty Sylvia had bought themto use when they played bridge. They hadnever played bridge and, as Aunty Sylvia hadbeen dead for six years, they were probablyfairly safe to get rid of it.

On Sunday they were at the Leisure Centre byeight o'clock, full of optimism as they set uptheir rickety old wallpapering table and laidout their wares. Daniel was put in charge ofthe biscuit tin containing the float and theywere ready to go.

Their first visitor seemed to be a professionalbuyer. Although he examined and rejectedeverything with disdain, he did providereassurance that there weren't any hiddengems on the table.

Their first sale was a box of Action Man stuff.A father and son bought it for £5. Ruthstarted the bidding at £10 but they knockedher down to half price pathetically easily.The coffee set went for £15 and the umbrellastand for £18.

Sales continued steadily. The children andSam were having a great time and haggling farbetter than Ruth, with Daniel emerging aschief negotiator. Sarah insisted on visitingother tables, each time returning with a newpurchase. She bought a large box of 'Bratz'dolls and a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle ofpuppies in a basket which Daniel promptly soldon to an old lady with a miserable lookingbasset hound on a lead. Sarah fortunatelydidn't notice and Daniel made a 50% profit onthe sale. Sam couldn't find his favourite capand Ruth couldn't find the box of sandwichesshe had made. Daniel clearly had a flourishingsales career ahead of him as he depositedanother £10 into the money tin.

Eventually the stall holders started to pack upand, as Ruth gathered their unsold items, shenoticed four bulging black bags under thetable. They were full of new clutter. EvenSam had bought several things, including a boxof rusting carpentry tools which would gonicely with the rusting carpentry tools healready had in the garage at home.

There was £112.25 in the tin but magically thecar seemed as full as when they arrived. Theydecided to go out to lunch to celebrate, viathe charity shop and a sports shop to buySam a new cap.

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During the past month or so (Sorry wemissed the deadline last month), theSociety has been active in a number

of ways. For the committee, the publicationand distribution of our Newsletter has beenthe most time consuming – I hope thatmembers have appreciated it. We think thatits good value for your £2 p.a. subscription.So other readers, take note and considerreturning the slip below.

Another domestic issue has been the timingand frequency of our meetings. So members,please add to the figures so far received andreturn your votes for change or not. And non-members, please let us know if the times orfrequency of our meetings is a reason for notjoining.

We are actively supporting BookhamResidents’ Association in their quest for alocal college to offer trades courses, for thenot so high flyers – such as hairdressers,cooking, etc.. We have joined with theother local Residents’ Associations in thestudy of bus services for the area, and weshall host the next bus forum in the AbrahamDixon Hall of the Letherhead Institute on the28th May.

Quite a bit of hot air (not steam) has beenexpended over the idea of moving the oldrailway engine from the back of the LeisureCentre to a more prominent position in the

Red House Gardens by theChildren’s play area. The councilwould like to sell it off to a smallpreserved railway line nearBrighton. They would restore it to workingorder and use it on their railway.The matter is still open for debate – althoughthings will have moved on by the time thatthis reaches you’re your doormat. So checkour website fro the latest news.

A suggestion that the old Water PumpingStation could be transformed into an ArtGallery, has been set back, at leasttemporarily, by the news from the WaterBoard that it is still in use. Rumours are thata block of flats was being planned for thissite; it may still have some substance.

Finally slow progress continues with thescheme to remove the ‘old station staircase’in Station Approach. More news at ourforthcoming AGM.

A reminder of the date of our AGM – this willbe on May 10th at 7pm at the LetherheadInstitute. If you want to know what’s goingon in the Town, and give your views as tohow our new local councillors shouldrepresent us, then come along and makeyourself heard

Hubert CarrChairman

Leatherhead Residents’ Association

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‘Past Industries of Ashtead, Leatherhead & Bookham’

This is the title of the latest book to be published byour society. It will concentrate on many of theindustrial activities in our area over the years. Thereare plenty of books and documents giving muchdetailed information about our churches and ourlarger houses but we also feel that there should berecords about how the ordinary people lived andworked and earned their living. It was felt that weshould produce this book before all trace of theseworkplaces is lost for ever.

For example, did you know that the first electricblankets were made in Ashtead and that this was oneof the first examples of industrial rehabilitation ofmentally disabled ex-servicemen? We once had an

artificial silk industry here before the works was taken over by the company run bythe inventor of the vacuum cleaner. Ashtead was a centre of photographicmanufacture until the firms became swallowed up in the Kodak empire and thesefactories were then used for making leathercloth and steam cars then pottery.

Ronsons were, of course, famous for the development of cigarette lighters andGoblin for vacuum cleaners but both firms also produced many other products.Bookham had a small engineering works in the early part of the twentieth centurybut once the Great War got under way this enlarged from 2,000 square feet to56,000 square feet. After the war this factory made engines which were used inaround 80 makes of motor cycles, 30 makes of cars and 12 makes of aeroplanes.By the time of the second war hydraulic equipment for over 15 types of plane weremade here and the size of the works had doubled.

Brick making was a local industry whose history goes back to Roman times andcarried on until the 20th century. These and many other industries are describedin the profusely illustrated book and it is hoped that this publication will fill insome of the gaps in our knowledge of the past times in Leatherhead and district.

The book, written by Peter Tarplee, is expected to be available during May andwill cost £8.99.

Copies will be available from local booksellers, our museum and, post-free, fromour Sales Secretary (at 64, Church Street, Leatherhead, KT22 8DP); cheques shouldbe payable to ‘L&DLHS’.

The book will be launched in Leatherhead Museum where there will bedisplays of many of the operations described. This will take place at 7.30pmon Friday, 28th May 2010. All members and friends and anyone interested in thepast history of the area are cordially invited to attend.

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Wheels 4 Haiti

Chris Grayling MP recently visited Horton Golf Club in orderto praise the work of our own locally based charity Wheelsfor the World. A large crowd filled the room to hear theChief Executive, Jacky Oliver, of the Charity explain thelatest appeal. We all know that the devastation in Haiti isnot going to be put right quickly. Buildings and bodies needrebuilding. Many have lost limbs or are paralysed. Doctorsand medical professionals are doing an amazing job BUT theneed now is for mobility aids to get these children andadults mobile again.

“Through the Roof can provide these much needed aidsthrough their Wheels 4 Haiti campaign.” Said Mr Grayling.“For the relatively small sum of £40 a recycled and repairedwheelchair can be shipped to Haiti along with a professionalwho can fit the child and teach her how to use the chair.”

He went on to praise the charity and congratulate all those involved for their visionand perseverance in supporting this sort of programme throughout the developingworld, commenting, “People crippled for life, in great need of mobility so that theycan start to rebuild their lives will thank you for what you are doing. I thank you andsupport you in this appeal. Good Luck.”

Chris Grayling MPwith Jacky Oliver

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With summer approaching, we are all looking forward to the sunshine . If you're off onholiday, thinking about heading to the beach or lounging in the sunshine tryingdesperately to get a tan, you should be aware that too much sun can be harmful. It candamage and age your skin and lead to problems, including skin cancer in later life.

Mr Geoffrey Wilson, Consultant Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon has a well establishedmole screening and mole removal clinic at Ashtead Hospital where our team of

qualified nurses offer full visual examination of the skin, or the assessment of any specific worrying moles withnon invasive, high tech imaging equipment.

At Surrey Mole Screening we offer a full mole screening service for all ages. If you are a student about toembark on a travel gap year, or a parent concerned about your children’s skin and sun protection , we offerfamily appointments and reduced rates for students.

For further information, or to make an appointment, please contact our Patient Care Manager ,Elaine Bailey on 0800 1123383. Clinics also held at Cobham Hospital and The Guildford Clinic.

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Peace of mind for your body

Small group Pilates classesFetcham and Leatherhead area

Summer term starts 19th AprilNew Saturday classes

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Like it or not, computers and the internethave changed our lives. The opportunity tobuy or sell, to take part in political debate,share our views with other people, tocomplain, protest, show off, make newfriends, have revolutionised our veryexistence. No good being a Luddite. We allhave to learn to keep up with the rapidlymoving train of modern technology.

At Surrey Hills Onward Learning we have arange of classes which will help you get onboard.

Starting from the very beginning, we haveGetting Going with Computers, mainly forolder people who may not even have acomputer yet, let alone know how toswitch one on.

Moving on from this we have courses whichshow you how to use the internet andemail, how to shop on-line and use e-bay,and how to blog, twitter and skype. Try tokeep up with your children andgrandchildren!

Website Design is a perennial favouritehere and we are increasing the number ofthese classes from September at theLeatherhead Institute.

Computers make their appearance in someof our other classes too – for instanceGenealogy, and Digital Photography.

...and – a special event - a one-dayseminar planned for Thursday December 2at the Burford Bridge Hotel on Making aBook using a computer and the internet.The tutor, Maurice Baker, will show youhow to make photo and picture books, ortext only books with black photos ordrawings.

Numbers are limited in all of these classesso early enrolment is advised.

For information pleasephone 01372 363708

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Cats Protection Epsom, Ewell & DistrictGive a cat a home

Cats Protection is a national charity whose vision is a world where every cat istreated with kindness and an understanding of its needs. From humble beginningsin 1927, Cats Protection has grown to become the UK's leading feline welfarecharity. We now help more than 193,000 cats and kittens every year through ournetwork of over 250 volunteer-run branches and 29 adoption centres. As amatter of course, all of the cats in our care get checked over by a vet to ensurethey are healthy

Cats Protection on 020 8397 0375; or go to our website www.epsomcatsprotection.org.uk

HOME WANTED! George & BungleFour year old brothers that have been in care for fourmonths. They have taken a long time to settle and are nowlooking for a quiet home together with an experienced catowner who will give them the time and patience they willneed to trust yet another new owner and adapt to newsurroundings. Definitely no young children.

Please ring Yvonne on 01372 379155 if you wish to knowmore about George & Bungle, or our other cats

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Friends of Ashtead Village HallOn Friday 5th March, 108 friends assembled in the Peace Memorial Hall Ashtead. Thetables were looking delightfully spring like. After an excellent dinner, and a raffle withnumerous prizes, Geoff Hutchinson entertained us with a fascinating talk on the‘History of Smuggling’. He started by singing Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘Watch the Wallmy Darling whilst the Gentlemen go by’, accompanying himself on the guitar. He thentold us that from the start, smugglers had been respected by most of the population ofEngland as the taxes on goods, such as tobacco and brandy had been set at adisproportionate level by the government, at one stage up to 40,000 people wereemployed.

To smuggle means ‘to creep about’, and that is what many residents of Kent andSussex did, trying to avoid being detected. They worked at night and communicatedwith owl-like hoots. Goods were brought ashore in rowing boats and then carriedinland by pack horses to landed gentry or people much lower down the social scale, butall approving of smuggling as taxes of up to 100% were being charged to help fundforeign wars. By the middle of the eighteenth century the death penalty for smugglingwas introduced and detection was improved by the employment of coastguards.

Finally the lowering of taxes made the business of smuggling tobacco and spirits lessprofitable. So it diversified to tortoises, ivory, rare birds eggs and finally drugs andeven ‘people’.

The evening was rounded off by a vote of thanks to the speaker from the chairman,who also thanked everyone who had made the evening such a success.

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Education & Tuition

2010 termSaturday February 27th,

March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th

10am-11am – Drama11am-12pm – Dance

£60 a term for one session£90 a term for both sessions (drama and

dance)*Come along and try one taster session for free*

To book a place with the LTS call theBox Office on 01372 365141and ask for further information

For budding actors and actressesaged 13-19 years

Join us for a free tastersession at

the Leatherhead Theatreevery Thursday evening

from 6-8pmFor professional tuition in drama,

dance and singingThe Performing Arts Class will enterthe Leatherhead Drama Festival

2010.For further information please contact

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Education & Tuition

Downsend School 'is extremely successful in meeting its overarching aim ofproviding pupils with a high quality academic education combined with awide range of opportunities. High academic standards result in an

outstanding number of awards to pupils at the ages of 11+ and 13+.' These werejust some of the findings of the independent school inspectors who visited the co-educational preparatory school in November 2009.

The ISI (Independent School Inspectorate) inspection report goes on to say that‘these are the result of good governance and strong leadership, good and oftenexcellent teaching, and pupils’ ability to settle quickly, to persevere, to enjoytheir work and generally behave well in lessons.’

Overall, the report highlighted many strengths, including that ‘Junior School pupilsare outstandingly well cared for’ and ‘The outstanding extra-curricular activitiesand quality of sports all help to make Downsend a school for pupils who enjoy lifeand who say they love their school.’ No major weaknesses were identified, withjust a few recommendations to strengthen future development. To read a copy ofthe full report, visit the ISI website (www.isi.net)

The school welcomes visits at any time.Just contact the Admissions Secretary,

Sarah Concanon, on 01372 372311

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Clubs & Activities

Leatherhead Art Club - 50th Anniversary ExhibitionTues 11th-Sun 23rd May - 40-44 Church St, Leatherhead

Leatherhead Art Club celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year with anExhibition in the centre of Leatherhead.

Many of its members will be exhibiting a wide variety of works in variousmediums including watercolours, oils, acrylic and mixed media showingthat it is an innovative and exciting art club. During its long history theClub has always had a loyal and enthusiastic membership and after 50years the excitement and interest in all forms of drawing and painting is as strong asever.

Speaking about this year’s exhibition, Stuart Stanley, a prominent local artist andChairman of the Club, stated; “Recent exhibitions have received critical acclaim fortheir presentation and high quality of work and this exhibition promises to be noexception.”

The exhibition is being held at 40-44 Church Street, opposite Caesars Restaurant. Thisshop-based exhibition is easily accessible and offers a chance for visitors to enjoy thepictures during the two weeks from Tuesday 11th to Sunday 23rd May. Exhibition openhours, Monday to Saturday 10am to 5.30pm, Sundays 12pm to 5pm. All work will befor sale.

For further information, please contact either the Club Chairman, Stuart Stanley, on01372 377173 or the Press Officer, Alistair Deane, on 01932 865900

Ashtead Cricket Club

For more information contact Sarah Culhane on 01372 276286,email ashteadcc@ntlworld.com or visit www.ashteadcc.com

Ashtead Cricket Club on Woodfield Lane was recently promotedto Surrey’s Highest League, a step below professional county cricket.

Past, present and future county and International cricketers visit theground and you can use the bar (by signing up for Social Membership,

£20 individual or £25 family), where we’ll also be showing the FootballWorld Cup England games through June and July.

So come along andwatch some greatcricket!

ow the summer is upon us, come down to watchyour local ECB Premier League cricket team.N

First Team Home Games

15 May....Malden Wanderers CC....12:30 start22 May....Wimbledon CC...............12:30 start5 June......Guildford CC ..................11:30 start12 June....Cobham Avorians CC .....11:30 start26 June....Sunbury CC ....................11:30 start24 July .....Sutton CC.......................11:30 start14 Aug ....Weybridge CC ................12:30 start28 Aug ....Banstead CC...................12:00 start4 Sept......Reigate Priory CC............12:00 start

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Leatherhead Leisure CentreGuildford Road, KT22 9BL

Ashtead Cricket Club builds a community clubjust for children - the first of its kind

The last few years have seen a transformation of the club with a new pavilion and expansion of thecolts section and now... We start building a new cricket club for colts alone at Parsons Mead thisyear, a huge task and we believe this will be the first club built for children alone and focusedcompletely on them.

This year we will have 21 teams playing competitive cricket at senior and junior levels - that's 231people of all ages from 9 to 69!. The senior cricket played at the Ground is of the highest standard inamateur cricket. Our junior section is thriving; we have 360 colts learning and playing cricket and aswell as those essential life skills which naturally are part of team play. We also coach in eight stateschools in the area as part of The Cricket Foundation’s ‘Chance to Shine Programme’ which is bringingcricket back into our state schools where little or no cricket is played.

This year we will start our next project which is to create a colts cricket ground in the playing fieldsof the old Parsons Mead School. We have taken a lease on the northern part of the playing field andare in the process of designing a small pavilion appropriate for junior cricket and are starting theprocess of raising funds to restore the playing field to a usable condition.

If you are able to support the club in 2010 your donation no matter how small or large will begratefully accepted and effectively used to benefit all and in particular the developing our coltssection.

To contribute please contact Ken Lamacraft on07973 561415 or email: ken@lamacraft.co.uk

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Ashtead Youth CentreThis is the first submission from the Youth Centre so I hope people find it interesting.Allow me first to introduce myself, my name is Richard Leary and I have had the pleasure ofworking with Ashtead young people since 1998. I was full-time at first and then decided I liked itso much that when I got a new job I stayed as the part-time Youth Worker in Charge.

Some people wrongly think that working with teenagers is a sufferance but it is in fact quite theopposite. Over the last 12 years I have seen many young people come and go and feel veryprivileged to share moments in their teenage years that will stay with them for the rest of theirlives. Almost without exception the young people I have met were happy to have us around,keen to get involved with what we have to offer, and have grown and developed as a result.

What is Youth Work about? A difficult question to answer - the formal answer would besomething like “offering young people learning and development as they make the transitioninto adulthood”, this type of alternative education is very different to school, of course;although we also offer programmes with formal qualifications.

The reality is a bit more complicated, because yes we offer learning opportunities, but ourstarting point is a relationship with the young people, for some this is not much more than anadult who takes a passing interest, but for many we are someone who takes an active part insupporting them through what can sometimes be a very difficult time in their lives – this cantake place over a number of years. For all of our young people, we are an adult in authority whowill listen and have a reasoned debate allowing a young person to explore ideas without feelingthat we are making judgements.

The centre has gone from strength to strength and with the addition of Gary Nash the ACCTYouth Worker we have been able to expand what we do to a wider age group and more youngpeople. I hope in future articles I can share more of what we do and what young people thinkabout it...

Richard Learyrichard.leary@surreycc.gov.uk

What members think about the Youth CentreMy name is Luke Robinson (aged 16), I have been a member atthe Youth Club for about three years. I was initially interestedbecause I like motor sport and wanted to do the rally karting.

For young people, there isn’t much to do other than hangaround. The Youth Club is a great place to go and meet people(I have made friends that I hope I will keep for life) and youknow that the staff are going to make you feel welcome and dothings that are fun. The best parts for me have been thekarting and the adventure holidays that happen in the summer– you are challenged by the activities and get better at working in a team.

If you ask me what I have got out of being at the youth club, it’s been the opportunity to dothings I would never get the chance to do, and the qualifications from the karting have helpedprepare me for my job in a Car Body Repair Shop. I liked the project so much that I have stayedon as a volunteer to help other people get as much out of it as I did. In January I was nominatedfor a Volunteers Award at the Youth Voice Showcase. That’s me in the picture with CouncillorTim Hall who presented one of the awards.

Ashtead Youth CentreBarnett Wood Lane Recreation Ground, KT21 2BZ01372 276912

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We have some ofthe most beautifulstretches of the

Mole River,various ponds

around the areaand concessionary

rates tocommercial

fisheries withinSurrey and Sussex.

For more info, call the Leatherhead & District Angling Soc Membership Secretary(Eric) on 01372 377654, or visit: www.leatherheadangling.co.uk

Is the stress of everydaylife getting you down?

How about spending afew hours on the riverbank?

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CT CARSAudi VW Specialists

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Guildford• Servicing and repairs (ABS brakes, clutches, tyres,

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Open View FarmEpsom RoadWest Horsley

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Why use a generalist whenyou can use a specialist?

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Polesden Lacey Community DaySunday 13 JuneCalling all local community groups and schools!

Polesden Lacey will be throwing open its gates to the localcommunity on Sunday 13 June 2010 and offering localresidents and local groups free entry to the house andgrounds all day just as previous owner of Polesden Lacey,Mrs Greville, used to do on an annual basis. The event was the highlight in the localcommunity calendar!

At this stage we would like to encourage local community groupsand schools interested in participating on 13 June to get in touchwith us on 01372 452048 to discuss any ideas.Groups can make use of the day to run an activity at Polesden Lacey; either forthemselves or for other visitors but it is also a chance to have some fun, promote yourgroup/school and enjoy these fabulous surroundings with friends, colleagues and pupils.

You could arrange a picnic, run games or activities for our visitors to enjoy, head out on anature ramble … it’s entirely up to your group! Access will be granted from dawn till duskand Polesden Lacey's staff will do all they can to make your idea possible - provided it issafe and legal!

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1. Heat the oil and butter in a sauté pan and sweatthe onion for 5 mins. When the onion istransparent, add the rice and cook for 1 minthen stir in the wine and boil rapidly until thewine has evaporated.

2. Gradually add the hot stock, one ladleful at atime, stirring all the time and allowing theliquid to evaporate before adding more.Continue adding the stock in this way for 20-25mins until the rice is just tender.

3. Meanwhile, steam the asparagus and peas in asteamer or metal colander set over a pan ofsimmering water for 2-3 mins.

4. Stir the asparagus stalks and peas into therisotto with the grated Parmesan cheese.Season to taste with salt and freshly groundblack pepper and serve topped with theasparagus spears, rocket and Parmesan cheeseshavings.

Recipe of the monthAsparagus and Pea Risotto

Early summer is thebest time of the yearto enjoy home grownasparagus and thisquick and creamyrisotto makes awonderful light lunchor supper.

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15ml (1tbsp) olive oil

25g (1oz) butter

1 small onion, peeledand finely chopped

250g (9oz) risotto rice

150ml (1/4pt) dry whitewine

900ml (1 ½ pt) hotvegetable stock

225g (8oz) thinasparagus spears,trimmed and stalkschopped

175g (6oz) frozen peas

25g (1oz) finely gratedParmesan cheese

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“Apart from still getting goodservice from a Roofer, Handyman,Gardener and Cleaning Servicesfound through your magazine, wewould also like to mention ourappreciation of the "Ashtead GoodNeighbours" who have rescued usfrom being housebound all thisyear. Without their help we wouldhave felt like prisoners in our ownhome and would not have beenable to keep various medicalappointments. They certainly dosterling work and are a credit tothe community.

Another joy, of course, is yourmagazine. Keep up the good workand best wishes always fromAudrey and Jack Bewsey”

Red Cross Appeal Week is the annualfundraising week for the British Red Cross,and is held over the week containing 8thMay, the anniversary of the birth of HenryDunant, founder of the Red Cross Movement.

The Leatherhead & Cobham BranchVolunteers will be out & about in the areaduring the week with their collecting tins toraise money for the work of the Red Cross,both at home & overseas. Please give thema friendly word and as much cash as you canspare!

www.redcross.org.uk/appealweekThe Red Cross is there to support you.

Thank you for supportingRed Cross Appeal Week.

The BritishRed Crosshelps peoplein crisis,whoever andwherever theyare. We helpvulnerablepeople in theUK and abroadprepare for,

withstand and recover from emergencies intheir own communities.

As part of the world's largest humanitarianorganisation, we have a truly global reach.Whenever you see a terrible natural disasteror conflict on TV, it's likely you'll also see usthere, helping people right at the heart ofthe problem. Our volunteers also supportthousands of people in the UK every yearthrough large-scale or personal crises. Bysupporting us, you'll help ensure we can stillbe there the next time things go wrong.The local branch is particularly active inproviding the following services to thecommunity:

Ë First Aid cover at local events, includingambulances at fetes, sports, etc.

Ë Immediate support for victims of fire.Ë Emergency response – e.g. supporting

victims of floods.Ë First Aid training, for anyone, at all

levels.

If you would like to get involved or findout more about the Leatherhead &Cobham Red Cross, please call MalcolmCole on 01372 457392.

Our warm thanks to the Ashtead & LeatherheadLocal for donating this space.

The British Red Cross Society, incorporated by RoyalCharter 1908, is a charity registered in England and

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Photo: © Chris Loufte (BRC)

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WHAT’S GOING ON IN MAY?

If there’s an event in June you’d like mentioned, please contact me before Wednesday 12th MayAll entries appear on a first come, first served basis. Details correct at time of going to print.

Sunday 2nd NCCPG Surrey, Plant Fair. 11am-4pm. Free entry. Denbies Wine Estate, London Rd,Dorking, RH5 6AA

Sunday 2ndSaturday 15th

Spring walks in and around the beautiful Mole Valley with Ian and Flip Cargill,Moderate pace and fitness. Sunday 2nd meet Top end Crabtree Lane, Bookham.Saturday 15th meet Mill Way Car Park opp Nower Wood Headley. More info 01372363589, www.livewellnaturally.co.uk

Wednesday 5thAshtead Flower Arrangement Group. Demonstration by Mr Mig Kimpton entitled‘Spring Collection 2010’. Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. 1.45pm-4.30pm. Visitorswelcome, entry £4. Contact Diane Evans, 01372 272563.

Wednesday 5th Ashtead WI talk. ‘Where were you in the war?’ by June Batts, talking about Ashteadand local area during the war. 7.30pm, APMH. Sandra Brown 01372 276736

Thursday 6th(weekly)

Sewing Room (sale of haberdashery and greetings cards) 10am-12pm, LeatherheadParish Church Hall.

Thursday 6th(monthly)

Leatherhead Barn Dance Club. 8pm-10.15pm, first Thurs of the month. AbrahamDixon Hall, Letherhead Institute. £2. Ruth & Jim Gwilliam, 01403 750844

Friday 7th Ashtead Friday Market. 9am-12.30pm. Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. Supporting theRNLI. Cakes, haberdashery, bric-a-brac, plants, cards, jewellery, etc. Free entry.

Friday 7th(weekly)

Coffee and scones served every Friday morning in the Ralli Room Ashtead PeaceMemorial Hall, prepared and served by volunteers to raise money to run the APMH.

Saturday 8thEco-friendly May Fair, Fetcham Village Infant & Pre-School, School Lane. 11am-2pm,lots of stalls including face painting, cakes, roller-coaster, beat the Chelsea goalie,bouncy slide, tombolas, toys, books etc. Free entry.

Saturday 8th

St Catherine's Hospice Plant Sale, 10am-12pm. Charlwood Parish Hall, 92 The Street,Charlwood, Surrey RH6 0DS. Free entry. Selection of unusual plants. Bring and buyplants, patio pots and hanging baskets. Coffee. Donations of plants welcome. 01293862286 Charlwood Friends St Catherine's Hospice

Wednesday 12th(monthly)

Holly Craft, John Rumble Room, Fetcham Village Hall, The Street, Fetcham, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Join our monthly craft evenings, all materials and light refreshments inc,£6.50 per session, call 07961 302570 for more info.

Friday 14th andTuesday 18th

Van Eyk & the Northern Renaissance. The master of reflection, realism and detail; wewill look at how he, and others, influenced Italy in the 15th century. 7.30 pm. £10 increfreshments. 01372 272 235, or ashteadartlovers@googlemail.com tobook; website: www.asheadartlovers.co.uk.

Saturday 15thDorking Concertgoers Society. Violin recital by Victoria Sayles & Martin Cousin - Musicby Schubert, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Lutoslawski, Mozart & Brahms. DorkingHalls at 7.30 pm Tickets £15 from 01306 740619 or 01306 881717

Friday 21st Leatherhead & District Local History Society Lecture: ‘Surrey in Saxon Times’ by ChrisHowkins. Letherhead Institute, High Street. Coffee 7.30pm, lecture 8pm. £1.

Saturday 22ndFetcham Village Hall Spring Fair. The Street, Fetcham. 10am-12pm. Entrance £1 (inccoffee or tea and a biccie). Lots of stalls selling cakes, books, bring & buy, bric-a-bracand tombola.

Sunday 23rd

Bringing the North Downs World War II Pill Boxes to life. 11am-4pm. Denbies Hillsidecar park, Ranmore Common Road RH5 6SR. Free. Join us and the 'Real Dad's Army'for an exciting and noisy home guard re-enactment a the Pill Boxes along the Northdowns. These defence buildings were built at strategic positions on the Downs to slowan advancing German army. There will be weapon demonstrations and live firingthroughout the day; bren guns, sniper and small artillary. 6 mile round trip.northdownswest@nationaltrust.org.uk. 01306 887485 Surrey Hills, National Trust

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Leatherhead & District Local History SocietyPotted Histories No: 16

Leatherhead Court – Woodlands Road LeatherheadLeatherhead Court in Woodlands Road was once part of the Woodland Park Estate. Theowner at the time was Frederick Carkeet Bryant, a son of the founder of Bryant and May, thematch manufacturer.

In 1904 it was leased to Martha Wood-Tullis and often referred to as a ‘high class school foryoung ladies’. Among the famous pupils who attended the school were Winifred O’Shaughnessy de Wolfe Hudnut, who married Rudolph Valentino and Fay Compton the well-known British stage and screen actress.

In 1933 a small committee was formed by Dame Georgiana Buller, Vice Chairman of theCentral Council for the Care of Cripples, her aim was to establish a Training College for thedisabled so that such people might be able to find suitable employment in either commerce orindustry, and to regain their self- respect. The ten-acre site of Leatherhead Court wasdeemed ideal and was duly purchased for the sum of £8.000. The first 16 trainees werereceived on the 1st November 1934 and the establishment was formally opened by HRH theDuchess of York (the late Queen Mother) as the Cripples Training College (London and District)on the 27th June 1935. In 1942 Her Majesty expressed the wish that the college should, infuture, be known as Queen Elizabeth’s Training College for the Disabled.

In January 1989, Leatherhead Court was the victim of a horrendous fire. The front of thebuilding was totally destroyed. Following a big fund raising effort, a new front was built on tothe remaining buildings. The new building was officially opened by the late Queen Mother inNovember 1992. The front building is now the Headquarters of the Queen ElizabethFoundation for Disabled People.

The College, now called QEF Vocational Services celebrates its seventy fifth birthday this yearand still strives to maintain its original aim of helping disabled people find suitableemployment, and to regain their self respect.

For information regarding Membership, Lectures and Museum opening hourscontact: Leatherhead & District Local History Society, Leatherhead MuseumHampton Cottage, 64 Church Street, Leatherhead, KT22 8DPTel: 01372 386348mail to: staff@lheadmuseum.plus.comWebsite: www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk

I have decided to run this article again. The formatting in the April magazine went a littleawry and the final two paragraphs were lost! Here it is, but this time in its entirety andexactly how it should have appeared last month, my apologies. Zen George, Publisher

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T ransition Ashtead has started a Home Energy Group withthe aim of helping the people and organisations in Ashtead to lower their

energy use and costs. This is in the context of probable steep rises in theprices of oil and gas-based energy and the threat of climate change caused byrising atmospheric CO2 levels. With 27% of all energy in the UK consumed indomestic housing, and 85% of our existing housing stock set to still be with us in2050, improving the energy performance of our existing homes is vital.

The Energy Group invited Russell Smith of Parity Projects (http://www.parityprojects.com/) to talk about how to reduce domestic energy use at a

meeting at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall on 7th April. Russell’s company offers afull range of services to reduce home energy use - he hasmuch experience of retro-fitting insulation, having triedand tested many types in his own home. He pointed outthat some really cheap things, like draft-proofing andturning the thermostat down one degree, can have a bigimpact on energy use. He stressed the importance oftaking opportunities arising when decorating or plumbing,for example, to improve insulation. His innovativecompany won the DIY category in the Observer EthicalAwards 2008 and the Building Magazine’s 2007 Award forSustainable Refurbishment. The Observer Award judgessaid: “Russell and his company Parity Projects stood outfrom all the other nominations for their new way ofengaging with the public, giving them the tools to reducetheir house’s carbon footprint in an innovative andinspiring way”.

At the same event, the Energy Group also demonstrateddomestic power monitors and a thermal draught detector(both available for loan) as well as other energy savingproducts that are available locally. An important newopportunity for home-owners is the new Government

sponsored “feed-in tariff” scheme, whereby householders can get a long term contract togenerate renewable electricity, using solar power photo-voltaic cells, to use in their ownhome with the option of selling any excess to the local power grid. The financial terms aregenerous and it’s estimated that they will generate a rate of return of about 8 -9% per yearon the initial capital cost for over 20 years. Not bad when you think that you are savingfossil fuel use at the same time!

The Energy Group is offering a range of energy-related advice and support services toAshtead village residents. To fund this, they have been successful in winning agrant from the Local Committees Climate Change Fund recently set up bySurrey CC. The money will be used to provide draught proofing advice andpractical work in the community, lending out energy efficiency monitors,creating a library of low-energy light bulbs for trial in home light fittings (trybefore you buy!) and running more events to explain the real financial andenvironmental benefits of making your property more energy efficient - maybeyou could even start to generate your own electricity.

If you would like to take advantage of the free advice on offer or getinvolved with the Energy Group, see www.transitionashtead.org.ukor contact Derek Smith on 01372 378914 or derek.leatherhead@ntlworld.com.

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I have no specific recollection of theapple trees flowering in our garden whenI was a child. It is strange, because I was

naturally garden-minded from an early age,and certainly remember the blossom of thedouble pink hawthorn, which was veryattractive, but did not have the virtue ofproducing fruit. It was not until I went to workat the RHS Gardens at Wisley in my earlytwenties, and saw an enormous andimmaculately kept orchard for the first time,that I was struck by both the peerless beauty,and the painfully fleeting, nature of appleblossom. From then on, each spring has been apatient waiting for the red-pink buds to open.

We bought our present house on thestrength of the full-size, distinctive,characterful apple trees (‘Bramley Seedling’,‘Epicure’, ‘Newton Wonder’ and ‘King of thePippins’) which were flowering on the April daywhen we first looked round. I am notexaggerating, I promise. Indeed, I closed myeyes to a lot of shortcomings in the house forthe sake of those gnarled old trees. I don’tregret it.

Around 1994 in early May, I found myself inNormandy, talking to gardeners about theirwork for the Commonwealth War GravesCommission. I went to the cemetery atHermanville, which had been a Norman appleorchard until it was hastily turned into a burialground on D-Day + 1. The settled peace of theplace was underscored by a scatter of crooked,lichen-encrusted, cider apple trees, their headsof blossom etched against a purple-black sky,the petals falling slowly through the air andsettling, like pink snow, in the narrow beds infront of the dignified, uniform gravestones. Iwondered whether the families of all thosesoldiers from county had derived any comfortfrom knowing that their boys were buried in acountry orchard.

But tall, crooked apple trees are almost a

thing of the past and it saddens me to thinkthat later generations may not experiencesuch generous blossom, seen against the sky.Many, if not most, of the apple trees soldthese days are on what is called ‘semi-dwarfing’ or even ‘dwarfing’ rootstocks,which means that the trees barely grow tallerthan the gardeners who plant them. For smallgardens, these are the obvious choice, ofcourse, especially if the gardener wants togrow more than one tree but, surely, there isstill a place in many gardens for a full-grownorchard tree? This is one grown on a non-dwarfing MM111 or M25 rootstock, andpreferably with the leading shoot pruned insuch a way that two main trunks branch outquite low down, and provide good climbingpractice for the outdoor child. Such a tree, tenor fifteen years down the line, will bring theprecious gift of atmosphere to the garden.Indeed, it might even sell the house one day.

© Ursula Buchan, 2010

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Tulips are the national flower of Iran and Turkey.First cultivated by the Turks in 1000AD, tulips wereintroduced to Europe in the middle of the 16thcentury. In Holland they became the subject of aphenomenon called ‘Tulipomania’. Due to theirrarity, only a few very rich people could affordthem, which meant the plants became statussymbols.

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Richard Overy,Professor ofHistory,University ofExeter, is aworld-renownedhistorian and anexpert on thehistory of theSecond WorldWar, air warfareand the Hitlerand Stalin

dictatorships. He has won five prizes for hispublished work, including in 2005 the Wolfson prizefor History. He is the author or Carlton's landmarkSecond World War Experience four part series inassociation with the Imperial War Museum and is aregular contributor to the Independent, SundayTelegraph and Guardian.

On 18 June 1940 Churchill declared in theCommons - 'The Battle of France is over...theBattle for Britain is about to begin'. AS such theBattle of Britain was without doubt one of, if notthe, most important victories in British history. Atthe end of it Hitler cancelled all plans to invadeEngland and the Allies maintained a Europeanstronghold from which to launch the eventualoperation to recapture mainland Europe. This bookis the story of that battle: the machines which tookto the air; the tactics employed by each side;gripping accounts of the action; the people whotook part from the Commanders, to the pilots toground crew and plotters. Fascinating facsimiledocuments brings this great battle to life as neverbefore.

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NowMorris Gleitzman £6.99Morris Gleitzman's acclaimed story of friends Felixand Zelda in Nazi-occupied Poland has capturedthe hearts and minds of readers worldwide. In Nowhe delivers the final chapter, bringing this mostmoving of stories into the present day.

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