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MACDONALD FENCING & SONS LTD

FENCING CONTRACTORTelephone

01932 [email protected]

An independent co-educational school for pupils aged 2½ to 18 years

www.claremont-school.co.uk

Open MorningWhole School

Saturday 15 March 10.00am-12.30pmIntroductory talk at 10.00amFor further information, tel: 01372 473624or email: [email protected]

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The Prestige Flooring Co.

Tel: 01932 866087 Email: [email protected]: www.theprestigeflooringco.com

Worlds End, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1AG

Specialists in Carpets and Wood Flooring

Hello there, Cobham, I do hope you are all well and that you have

avoided any flooding. It’s all been quite scary really, hasn’t it, listening to the news, seeing the unimaginable images of so many properties submerged in water, which is increasingly getting nearer and nearer to home. I’m hoping that the norm will apply here, in that historically, every time I mention the weather when writing this message, it’s very different by the time you read this! Let’s just hope the change is for the better, of course, or I will be in big trouble!

This month has once again flown by, but along the way, I’ve enjoyed a wonderful Lebanese meal and also tried out a 9 day cleansing programme. As well as all this, I visited the dentist, but not necessarily in that order!

On an entirely different note, we hear about a new book by local author, Janetta Harvey.Saving Susie-Belle tells the story of a heart- warming animal rescue but also highlights some outrageous practices in the world of animal breeding. Janetta’s story made it to the national press/media and I truly hope the publicity will go some way to changing these barbaric practices. Time for me to go now, but I do hope you enjoy this ‘Spring’ issue! Happy Mothers’ Day to all you mums out there!(That’s 30th March btw!)

Oh yes, & enjoy Pancake Day too!! (4th March!)

Ros x

01372 200 [email protected]

Features and Articles

Regulars

Meejana restaurant review .............. 10Mango Photography Studios ............. 18 Computer tips .................................... 22Forever Living cleansing review ........... 24 Astek Dental’s new hygienist ............ 30Saving Susie-Belle .............................. 36Polesden Lacey ................................... 41What’s cooking? .................................. 42Gardening feature ............................ 44What’s on in Cobham? ..................... 46Medical matters ................................. 52What’s on at Painshill Park ................ 56 Transition Cobham ............................. 59

Sudoku ............................................... 50Word ladder ........................................ 50Crossword puzzle ............................... 54Puzzle solutions ................................. 60Useful numbers .................................. 58Advertisers’ index .............................. 62

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The Prestige Flooring Co.

Nursery SchoolEstablished 27 years

Learning Through PlayWe provide a stimulating and safe environment within our extensive

grounds where all children grow in confidence, enjoy learning and work

towards achieving their full potential.

• 2 to 5 years old

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Nursery SchoolEstablished 27 years

Learning Through PlayWe provide a stimulating and safe environment within our extensive

grounds where all children grow in confidence, enjoy learning and work

towards achieving their full potential.

• 2 to 5 years old

• Early Years Foundation Stage

• EYFS curriculum includes knowledge and

understanding of the world, creative play, problem

solving, numeracy, language, literacy and plenty of

outdoor activity including nature walks - taking the

classroom outside

• Term time only

• Individual child key worker

• High ratio of qualified staff to children

• Happy, thriving children in nurturing and safe

environment.

For further information:

Telephone: 01932 865 339 (9-12.30am)

Mobile: 07871 778573

Guide and Brownie Hall, Stoke Road,

Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey KT11 3BH

www.stoketots.co.uk

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My name is Nick Lewis. I have been professionally cleaning carpets, upholstery and hard floors for over 25 years. As a sole trader, my aim is to give you a reliable, personal service, using the most advanced soil extraction machinery available. The machinery and chemicals used are industrial enough to leave any commercial or domestic job free of dirt, stains and harmful grit. This will extend the life of your carpets, upholstery and floors, which will also maintain hygiene in your home. Being in the cleaning industry for over 25 years, I have built up an extensive client base of domestic and commercial customers. My commercial clients include various letting agents, local councils and small organisations such as MENCAP. I pride my business on giving prompt appointments and providing enough time to complete a professional job. All my work is fully insured. Full satisfaction is my utmost priority.

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‘Nick Lewis has been successfully cleaning for us now for over 20 years. His expertise and work ethic are second to none. We call on all our contractors to

be available at very short notice. Nick has never let us down once in any emergency or regularly booked appointment’ APW Lettings.

We are very spoilt in the UK with such a vast selection of international culinary styles to choose from when dining out. We can virtually sample the world’s menus in any British town. One such international stop I would highly recommend is Meejana Lebanese restaurant in Weybridge. No passport is required on this mini-break, and if you enjoy fresh, healthy dishes with delicious flavours, your taste buds will certainly be in for a treat. Each dish is presented so beautifully: simple touches,

such as the contrast of colours between the wonderful aubergine dip and the blood red pomegranate sprinkled on top, made our meal a visual delight as well as a delicious dinner.

The restaurant itself is very pretty; there are two sections and walking in, it feels like you are entering a well-loved home. This venue would make a great choice for either a romantic meal for two or enjoying time with friends or family. There are many traditional touches: each table Is covered

with a beautiful Lebanese tablecloth, there are pretty lanterns and lovely things to look at, fresh flowers and even baskets of fruit, all ingredients which go to make a prefect recipe.

Our meal was delicious. We asked Edward, our host, to make selections for us. My guest was vegetarian and the variety of dishes for her was wonderful. As already mentioned, the aubergine dip was divine, the salad was an array of colours & flavours and the potato dish, with a mix of spinach and crispy onion strips, was a lovely combination. To that he added some haloummi and tomato-filled flat bread, some calamari with home-made tartar sauce and

some cheeky chicken livers. A wonderful feast indeed!

We finished our meal with pistachio ice cream and some little Lebanese pastries called baklava, both of which were totally delicious.

I have eaten in a number of Lebanese restaurants in a number of countries and Meejana is up there with the best. This is my favourite sort of food and I really enjoyed my visit. I will certainly be coming back and sharing this wonderful restaurant with my nearest and dearest.

Look Local strongly recommends Meejana Lebanese Restaurant. Our thanks go to Edward & Rita for a wonderful evening.

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Our ethos• Cooking should be fun• Good food doesn’t have to be complicated• If you know the basics, you can do anything

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• Friendly family-run business established over 25 years. • Excellent portfolio and local references.• We also have a complete team of qualified tradesman builders, plasterers, electricians, heating engineers, tilers and flooring specialists.• Project managed by us from design to completion • Kitchen facelifts also undertaken, • Choose from a large range of door styles

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This is the place . . .10 acres of grounds - Heated swimming pool -

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The competition began last year when they asked all their clients to nominate someone special whom they thought deserved to win a beautiful photo shoot. They received some very touching stories, and in January, their first winner was chosen.

Last week, they were thrilled to welcome Jennie and her 3 year old son Drew into their Cobham Studio for their very special winning photoshoot. Here is their story and some of the pictures from their shoot:

Back in November, Jennie’s friend Susie sent Mango Studios this email nomination:

I want to nominate my friend Jennie. She’s a single mum to her son Drew, aged 3. A year ago, Drew was diagnosed with retinoblastoma which is cancer of the eye. He had to have immediate surgery and have one eye removed. He has had chemotherapy and cryotherapy on the cancer in the other

eye but it still has a cancerous tumour in it and a floating tumour. The reality is that he might have to have his other eye removed. I can’t imagine the pain Jennie must feel as a mother; Drew has to have exploratory surgery on his eye every 3 weeks because it is the only way to know what is happening to the tumours. Jennie is very positive about the situation and I don’t know how she does it. I hope this story touches you, I know it breaks my heart and I wish there was more I could do.

I would love for them to win something like this because I can’t think of anyone in my life who deserves it more.

Becky and Liana said it was very humbling to meet Jennie and Drew. Drew was very well behaved and full of cheeky smiles. The bond between mother and son is so lovely to see in the photos. Having Drew’s grandparents

Mango Studios is a beautiful photography studio set in an idyllic location in Cobham. Since moving their business to Cobham in 2013, Becky and Liana, the talent behind the Mango

lenses, have been overwhelmed by the community spirit that Cobham has and they wanted to give something back to the local community.

That is why they have launched their “Share Your Story” competition that will continue to run throughout 2014. For details of the competition, see below.

present was extra special: Becky and Liana were able to capture the three generations laughing and having fun together. They hope that these photos will be treasured forever and looked back on with fond memories.

The future of Drew’s eye is uncertain at the moment and he will need lots more treatment. Jennie has set up a Just Giving page to raise support for his future treatment. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so by contacting Mango Studios who will pass on the details to you. The competition will continue to run this year, so if you would like to enter, here is how to do it:

Nominate yourself, or a loved one who really deserves a special treat by sending us an email to [email protected]

Tell us your story and why you think they deserve a photoshoot.

Every 3 months, we will choose someone to come into our studio for a complimentary photoshoot. The prize will include:• A one hour photoshoot in our beautiful

studio in Cobham• A viewing session to see all the photos

taken• A USB with 10 digital images of your choice

from the photoshoot• A 12” x 12” wall portrait

The photos of the shoot and the original story will then be published in the following months newsletter.

Mango Studios specialise in Pregnancy, Newborn and Family photography. For more information on their packages visit their website www.mangostudios.uk.com

or email them at: [email protected] Mango Studios | Highway Farm | Downside | Cobham | KT11 3JZ

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I was recently asked to review a Forever Living Clean 9 programme.

For the first two days, you have one special shake to drink a day, along with aloe vera, garcinia, bee pollen and lots of water. Day One was fine; I was surprised that I didn’t really feel that hungry. Day Two was a little harder for me but I got through it OK and decided that an early night was a good idea! Once I reached Day Three, I started to feel better and as if I was already starting to lose some weight, but I resisted the urge to stand on the scales! By now, it was also much more manageable because I was able to have two shakes during the day and a 600 calorie meal in the evening. I found myself really looking forward to my evening meal and not worrying so much about the fact that I wasn’t eating in the day. I soon realized how much I pick at food, more out of habit than necessity to be honest, and certainly when I didn’t really need to. In fact, if I did feel a little hungry, I simply drank more water which filled me up. But on the whole, the shakes did a pretty good job of getting me through the day. It is also recommended that you take 20 minutes of fairly gentle exercise, and walking the dogs sorted that out for me.

This 9-day programme is all about cleansing your body and getting it to work more efficiently. Endorsed by doctors and nutritionists, it focuses on losing only body fat.

It is a great way to break old habits and start afresh, whilst cleansing your body of unnatural chemicals. The easy-to-follow 9-day programme is designed to kick-start your weight loss, whilst putting you on the right path to take control of your overall health. • My weight loss was more than I expected; I

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encouraged to measure various points of your body at the start and end of the cleanse. By doing this, I found that I had an overall total loss of 6 inches which I was delighted with.

I am snacking less and feel that I have made a very positive change to my eating habits. I have also felt more energized. Even now, when I am on a tight deadline for work, when I would normally be reaching for the biscuit tin, I don’t feel tempted to stray. I feel much less drawn to

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sweet things in general, and with all the talk of sugar in the news, this has to be a very positive step forward!

In addition to the Clean 9 programme, I also tried the Forever Trim, Tone & Tighten Aloe Body Toning Kit.This was actually great fun and made my skin feel amazing. You start by cleansing your skin (in the shower or bath) and once dry, you are encouraged to do the measuring exercise at three points, your arms, upper legs and torso, and record your measurements. You then apply the Aloe Body Toner which is a warming and stimulating cream, and you can feel the warmth as you apply it. Now for the fun bit! You literally wrap your arms, torso below the bust and legs above the knees in cling film which you then leave in place for one hour. I watched TV whilst wrapped up not only in cling film, but in my dressing gown too! I could really feel the warming sensation of the body toner working under the layers of plastic. After one

hour, I gently cut away the wrap and rubbed any remaining cream into my skin. To gain maximum benefit, it is recommended that you should not wash for about 3 or 4 hours after the treatment. At this stage, you measure again and yes, all my measurements had reduced and my skin felt amazing.

I was advised to repeat this process at the start and end of the cleansing period which I did. This treatment works particularly well in conjunction with the Clean 9 programme, maximizing the effects as well as ensuring a little ‘me’ time, which is certainly a nice bonus too!

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Emberhurst SchoolEducating boys and girls for 2½+ to 7+

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We provide a friendly, stimulating atmosphere where learning is fun and a welcome part of everyday life. We believe that education is the process of bringing out and developing the whole person.

To appreciate our unique atmosphere for yourself,

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Astek Dental Centre continues to advance and develop. Recent refurbishment brings with it a bright and cheerful waiting area and a selection of beautifully kitted-out treatment rooms. It really does offer a very nice environment for all aspects of dental care, ranging from their routine denture services to cosmetic dentistry, implants, veneers and even mouthguards for sportswear, to name but a few.

I was recently invited along to meet their newest member of staff, Diane Etherington, who is a qualified dental hygienist. Diane will be supporting the dental staff at Astek on a part-time basis and her 30 minute appointments are well worth including in your overall dental care. At £45 per visit, they are very good value for money, and if needed, dentures can be cleaned at the same time. As they say, prevention is certainly better than cure when it comes to teeth.

Astek has provided Diane with a newly decorated room to work from and I was invited to ‘take the chair’! As a new patient, Diane started by running through a few basic medical questions, and once the formalities were over, she looked at my teeth. I am pretty lucky and have been blessed with a fairly good set of gnashers, but I must confess to not being very regular with the dental floss. Diane said that my teeth looked in good condition and this is helped by the fact that I use an electric toothbrush. But to maintain good gum health, she advised that I should floss regularly.

My teeth are also prone to slight sensitivity with hot or cold temperatures, and as a result, I wondered if the cleaning process might be slightly uncomfortable but it really wasn’t. Diane gave my teeth a thorough clean and polish and a good flossing too! We discussed different types of toothpaste and floss products. She

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For over six years, Susie-Belle had been trapped in a life of misery as someone’s commodity, a puppy farm breeding bitc. She was tied up in the back of a filthy agricultural shed, never seeing the outside world, receiving little or no care and experiencing neglect to a horrifying degree. When she was found, her body was so frail, thin and abused that it was thought she would not survive long. Her entire life had been about producing puppies to be sold to dealers, who in turn sold her babies to unwitting puppy buyers via online ads or in pet shops, or from the boot of a car. All these are outlets used by dealers in puppies from commercial breeding places. Puppies are an easy source of cash for the breeders and dealers and are seen as nothing more. The parent dogs like Susie-Belle are kept in cruel confinement for years until they are so worn out or sick that they can no longer produce the goods. Then, and only then, do they leave captivity, and not always into the safe arms of rescuers.

For Susie-Belle, peace came before death, as she is one of the lucky ones: that is, if we consider surviving years of loneliness, pain and terror as lucky. For she was rescued, lifted out of the dark and grubby hidden nightmare that is puppy farming and brought to safety. After spending six months in a loving foster home in Berkshire where she underwent essential veterinary care, including sight-saving cataract surgery, eventually, Susie-Belle arrived to live with Janetta and her husband Michel in Cobham.

Now she shares a peaceful home with her two schnauzer sisters and experiences nothing less than complete loving daily care.

Where once she was a scabby, nameless creature, she now has a beautiful name, and life these days is good, as good as it can possibly be. Never again will it be anything less for this gentle soul who has suffered at the hands of humans who value commercial profits more than life itself. At rescue, Susie-Belle was severely underweight; now she lives in a home where her diet gets more attention than many humans give their own – Michel is a chef and Janetta is an enthusiastic foodie and they share abundant culinary joy with Susie-Belle. Travelling regularly to France accompanied by Susie-Belle and her canine sisters, camping round the UK, meeting other dogs up and down the country, the book tells the story of Susie-Belle’s first year out of the dark and on the road to recovery.

Saving Susie-Belle is published by John Blake and is available in all good bookshops and as a Kindle edition. Following the tremendously successful book launch party hosted by the very dog-friendly Cobham Bookshop on 2nd February, signed copies are available there at 12 Anyards Road, Cobham.

To find out more about puppy farming and to keep up to date with Susie-Belle’s life, follow her on twitter @SusieBSchnauzer, her blog susiefoodie.blogspot.co.uk or find Susie-Belle Schnauzer on Facebook.

Saving Susie-BelleIn a newly released book, Saving Susie-Belle, Cobham author Janetta Harvey tells the

moving true story of how she gave a rescued miniature schnauzer a loving new home. Susie-Belle was saved from the horrific puppy farming industry and the book is not only a celebration of Susie-Belle’s survival and new life, but is also an investigation into the

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The apartment’s Edwardian interiors, including a rare surviving marble bathroom, are the work of Ritz hotel architects Mewès and Davis. Thanks to a 2-year research project, the unfurnished rooms can be seen, along with personal items that have been tracked down.

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Ingredients• 400g pack essential Waitrose British Chicken Breast Chunks• 70g pack Cooks’ Ingredients diced pancetta• 1 small onion, very finely chopped• 1 tbsp rosemary, finely chopped• 1 essential Waitrose baby avocado, halved and stoned• 2 tbsp mayonnaise• 4 Waitrose ciabatta rolls, split• 50g bag Waitrose wild rocket • 150g bag Waitrose Sea Salt Hand Cooked Crisps

Method Place the chicken in a food processor and

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cakes. Cook under a medium grill for 6–7 minutes each side or in a griddle or frying pan for 5 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked through, with no pink meat.

Mash together the avocado and mayonnaise. Transfer the burgers to a warm plate and quickly toast the inside of the ciabatta rolls.

Pile some rocket on the base of each toasted bun and sit a burger on top. Spoon over the avocado mayonnaise and position the lid on top. Serve swiftly with a handful of crunchy crisps on the side.

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I’m fascinated by words, and as Latin was part of my degree, I love the botanical names of plants. For years, people referred to plants simply by their common names: only the eggheads and botanists used botanical terms.

But as plant choices have proliferated and people have become more knowledgeable, the use of botanical names has developed. Hostas are rarely now plantain lilies; coral bells are heuchera and false spirea is astilbe.

Classification of plants is called taxonomy and involves a hierarchy of categories, ranging from very large groupings to very small ones. From the top, here are the main terms used:

A genus is a group of plants with common characteristics and can contain some or many species. A species is a class of plants with some common characteristics. A variety is an individual or group in the species that can breed from seed but is a natural variation of the species. A cultivar is a man-made plant variety, produced by selective breeding and usually reproduced through cuttings/root division. ‘Cultivar’ and ‘variety’ are often used interchangeably, but they differ in their reproduction. A hybrid is a plant produced by impregnating one species with the pollen of another. Hybrids can occur naturally, but are created increasingly by breeders to improve

size/colour/disease-resistance.In understanding plant names, we refer

generally only to genus and species, and sometimes to the sub-classifications of hybrid, variety and cultivar. So, in everyday use, the plant is referred to by a Latin name, consisting of the genus + species. The generic name is a noun, followed by the species, which is an adjective/descriptive name. This usually describes colour, foliage shape, size, habit, number of parts, place of origin or the name of the person who found the plant, and usually in Latin/Greek. So, Quercus rubra is red oak, ‘quercus’ meaning oak and ‘rubra’ meaning red. Often, the descriptive word gives a lot more precision, since many common names refer to several different plants (‘bluebell’ can refer to Hyacinthoides non-scripta (‘undescribed’) in England, Campanula rotundifolia (‘round-leaved’) in Scotland and Sollya heterophylla (‘different leaves’) in Australia.

The genus always has an initial capital and is italicised or underlined, and the species begins with a lower case letter, so Quercus rubra is correct, but quercus rubra and Quercus Rubra aren’t. If a subspecies exists, the name is written Helleborus niger subsp. Macranthus. Cultivars and varieties are capitalised and enclosed in single quotation marks, not italics: eg Ipheion uniflora ‘Wisley Blue’. Hybrids have an x in front of the generic name (although this is sometimes missed out): eg x Heucherella ‘Kimono’.

I’ll try to compile a list of common adjectives used in botanical names for a future article. I may be gone some time…..

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In aid of Sam Beare Hospice - Ladies’ Lunch & Fashion Show with a Twist

You will be treated to lunch, including a glass of wine, and enjoy a special fashion show where you have to guess which outfits are from a high street shop & which from one of our charity shops. Later, you will be given the opportunity to buy the outfits. Price per person: £32.Monday 10th March, Telephone: 01932 243521 or 01932 228525Hilton Hotel Cobham, Seven Hills Road, KT11 1EW

Wisley Sutton Bonsai Society presents a mix of plant sales, displays and care information for beginners through to experts. Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th March 2014 10.00am - 4.00pm, Hillside Event CentreTelephone: 0845 260 9000RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, GU23 6QB

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Cobham Centre Jumble Sale 50p entrance fee.Saturday 29th March, 10.00am - 12.00pm Cobham Centre for the Community, Lushington Drive, Cobham, KT11 2LU

Cobham Police PanelCome & meet your neighbourhood officers, discuss local issues & vote for policing prioritiesWednesday 5th March 2014, 7.00pm The British Legion Club, Downside Bridge Road, Cobham.

Mum2Mum Baby & Children’s Nearly New Sale Buy top quality baby & children’s secondhand goods at our award-winning pop-up baby & children’s market. Admission £2 on the door, children free.Saturday 8th March 2014, 10.00 - [email protected] Village Hall, Lushington Drive, Cobham, KT11 2LU

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DO YOU ENJOY ADMINISTRATION? A sports charity needs a new part-time administration committee member to coordinate committee meetings (held 6 weekly) and sub-committee meetings (bi annually), including minute taking, preparing agendas and arranging meeting venues. If you have good IT skills and organisational skills, we would love to hear from you.

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Different pollens can cause hayfever at different times of the year, but the most common hayfever -inducing pollens come from grass and are usually at their peak in June and July.

A diagnosis of hayfever is usually made simply by looking at symptoms, especially in an otherwise healthy individual. We are all familiar with the symptoms of hayfever - the blocked or runny nose, the sneezing and the itchy eyes/throat/mouth.

However, symptoms can vary from day to day, depending on the pollen count. We can expect a high pollen count when it is hot and dry and a lower count when it is cooler and wetter.

The mainstay of treatment for hayfever is a non-sedating antihistamine. This effectively dampens down the body‘s reaction to the pollen and may be taken as needed throughout the season. It can be bought from your pharmacist without a prescription and without a trip to the GP.

If however symptoms are not controlled in this way, it is best to seek further advice. Other treatments include eye drops and an intranasal (up the nose!) steroid spray. Ideally, this spray should be started two weeks before the hayfever season starts.

Other tips for managing hayfever include putting Vaseline just inside the nostrils which helps to ‘catch’pollens, shutting windows to keep pollens outside and staying in doors - admittedly not always practical!

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01372 363787Phone us last you wont believe our prices

Across1. Floorshow (7)

4. Spooky (5)

7. Detection device (5)

9. Vertical (7)

10. Inactivity (7)

11. Measuring implement (5)

12. Dictator (6)

14. Ecclesiastic (6)

18. Copious (5)

20. Drawn (7)

22. Pouch worn with a kilt (7)

23. Diadem (5)

24. Admittance (5)

25. Spiny anteater (7)

Down1. Transported (7)

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2. Emblem (5)

3. Tropical bird (6)

4. Mistake (5)

5. Dependable follower (7)

6. Go in (5)

8. Magnitude relation (5)

13. Reinforcement (7)

15. Reasoned judgment (5)

16. Musical passage (7)

17. Opportunity (6)

18. Part of a church (5)

19. Ahead of time (5)

21. Obviate (5)

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What’s on at Painshill in March 2014

Water Birds Walk Date: Sunday 16th MarchTime: 11.00am-12.30pmLearn all about the wetland birds at Painshill. Our expert guide will teach you how to identify the different species and will focus on the activity on the Serpentine Lake. Please bring binoculars. Children must be over 8 years.Cost: Adult £10 (members £5) Children £5 (members free)Advanced booking required: please book online www.painshill.co.uk or call 01932 868113

Willow Weaving WorkshopDate: Sunday 23rd March Time: 10.30am – 3.30pmLearn the basic techniques for working with living willow.Cost: £65 (members £60) to include all materials and buffet lunch.Advanced booking required: please book online www.painshill.co.uk or call 01932 868113

Free Entry for Mums on Mothers’ Day Date: Sunday 30th March Time: 10.30am – 6.00pm (last entry 4.30pm)Spend the day with your mother in the beautiful landscape. Free to mothers when accompanied by their children (normal entry price applies to all other visitors)Cost: free to mothers when accompanied by their children

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LOST KEY FOUND!

A key was found along Cobham High Street on 9/02/14.

Ring 07875 096483and just describe the key ring

Painting Classes

in oil & acrylic all abilities welcome

Held in the Ballroom, the Grange Centre, Bookham. Every Tuesday: 10am - 1pm

Tutor: Felicity Heath (BA Hons)

• Suitable for anyone who enjoys painting• For new painters who are looking for a

creative adventure • Or more experienced painters who

want to develop existing skills

We work hard, have fun, experiment & produce beautiful paintings! If you would

like to join us please contact me for further info or to book a free ‘taster’ session.

[email protected]

01932 226132 / 07799 090639

Last Minute Childcare LMC• Hair appointment? • Doctors/dentist? • Meeting to go to?

No Childcare? .... Problem solved!Babysitter let you down?

Daytime and evening childcare for all ages

CALL OR TEXTSasha 07702 544025 or Catherine 07787 105726

[email protected] of 1 hour

PoliceTo report local incidents .................................101DentistsDental Surgery of Cobham.......01932 863416Beech House Dental Surgery .01932 862290Hollyhedge Dental .....................01932 865888ABC Dental Surgery ..................01932 589888Village HallsCobham Village Hall .................01932 868905United Reformed ......................01932 864769Downside Village Hall ...............01932 865414Stoke d’Abernon Guide Hut .... 01372 843046Stoke d’Abernon .........................01932 864166Councils and ServicesElmbridge Borough Council ....01372 474474Surrey County Council ..............08456 009009Cobham Library ........................08456 009 009Local Storage .............................. 01372 457855Citizens Advice Bureau..............01372 464770Veterinary SurgeonsOnsite & John Ball & Associates .............01932 868786Henderson Keywood & Ptners....01932 864671Cobham Veterinary Centre......01932 868786Cobham Park Veterinary Clinic01932 590022Beech House Veterinary Centre01932 868688ChemistsLloyds Pharmacy .......................01932 862113Rowlands Pharmacy (Med Cent)......01932 862965

Sainsbury Pharmacy ................01932 866488TravelSurrey Bus Services ..................01483 506919 Train information ......................0845 748 4950National Rail Enquiries ............0845 748 4950SchoolsACS Cobham International School 01932 867251Danes Hill School.......................01932 842509 Feltonfleet School .....................01932 862264Notre Dame School ..................01932 869991Parkside School .........................01932 862749 Reed’s School .............................01932 869044St Andrew’s Primary School ...01932 863452St Matthew’s C of E Infant Sch......01932 863212St Teresa’s Junior ......................01372 452037 St Teresa’s Senior ......................01372 452037Yehudi Menuhin School of Music ... 01932 864739Cobham Free School ............... 03303 300237Medical Cobham Day Surgery ..............01932 588400St Peter’s A&E ............................01932 872000Royal Surrey Hospital ...............01483 464002NHS Direct ...........................................0845 4647ChurchesCobham Methodist Church .....01932 586988Cobham Presbyterian Church 01932 429511Sacred Heart Catholic Church 01932 862518St Andrew’s Church (C of E) ...01932 867883United Reformed Church .........01932 586988

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search for Transition Cobham follow us @ttcobhamPlease email us at [email protected]

A year in the life of Transition Cobham

meeting and a cake made by our treasurer, Tina.

with St. Andrew’s Church on the screening of ‘Waste Land’ and attended many events with our Transition Cobham

This year, we’d like to break ground on the site of

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FANTASTIC FAMILY FUNTHIS SPRING! Animal handling,

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N.J. RicksInterior and exterior

Painting & decoratingWorking locally since 1986

References available

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MacDonald & Sons Fencing ................2Maggie’s Cookery School ................. 13Mailboxes etc.. ............................ 43Man & Van .................................. 45Man & Van Services ....................... 28Mango Studio Photography ............18/9MD Edwards ................................ 15Meejana Lebanese Restaurant ..... 10/11Michelle Davis Chiropody ................ 21MPS Garden & Estate Machinery ...... 63Nick Ricks .................................. 61Orchard Cottage Dental Practice ....... 17Out on a Limb ............................. 28Painting Classes ........................... 57Polesden Lacey ............................ 41Roofs of Esher ............................. 45Roots & Shoots ............................ 64Silver Arrows ............................... 50SJO Gardening & Landscaping .......... 40Smith Pearman Chartered Accountants 39Soetgoed ................................... 16St Andrew’s School ....................... 16Stoke Tots ....................................6Supergrass .................................. 43Sykes & Sykes Decorating ................ 52Tec Res Computer Solutions ..........22/3The Cobham Massage Clinic ............. 52The Potting Shed .......................... 28The Prestige Flooring Company ..........4The Vineries Garden Centre ...........32/3Trestle Decorating ........................ 49Ward Williams ............................. 29Zigger ....................................... 60

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