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Inside this month...WIN The King’s Speech shoppersWPark history ‘Up the Avenue’Local cat charity asks for supportSafer Neighbourhood informationClubs, what’s on, recipe, puzzles, gardening and much more...
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The next edition will be available in the Libraries, Waitrose, John James, the Police office and other outlets from 5th March 2011Next copy deadline: 17th FebruaryPublished byMalden Media Limited36 Rosebery Avenue, KT3 4JSE: [email protected]: 020 8336 2915www.wplife.co.uk
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Articles7 History Up The Avenue... continues 10 Ruth Jemmett Thoughts for St Valentines Day12 GardeningCrocuses 20 CharitiesCan you give a cat a home? 29 Hair todayThe beox professional blowdry 31 Age concernIndependent living – whatever your age!32 ValentineCelebrate in Worcester Park36 GardeningProtecting Trees38 RecipeFive Spice Chicken with Soy and Honey Sauce44 Make ours a Safer NeighbourhoodA timely reminder45 Dad’s DiaryYou are taking them WHERE?
Local Information34 What’s On 40 Clubs 42 Toddler groups 43 Useful Information46 Business Index
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At the beginning of January I had an email from a lady for whom Christmas 2010 will be remembered with sadness. Jo was visiting her son in Worcester Park and parked under a streetlight opposite 135 and 137 Highdown KT4 7JD. Unfortunately, she forgot to lock her door and someone took a red Christmas bag containing new cards and old cards including one from her mother before she passed away. There was also an A5 address book with pictures of Tuscany in it which had 30+ years of information (which is only of value to her.) Jo is desperate to get these items back and if offering a reward. Please get in touch with me if you can help.February brings, amongst other events, St Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year and half term (already!) For some of us long-suffering-rugby-widows, it also sees the start of the Six Nations tournament. My girls and I get to watch more than our fair share of rugby throughout the year (some of it in Welsh) but it is the Six Nations which is the biggie. My OH (other half) grew up in Wales, to Irish parents, moved to England and married a Scottish girl whose brother lives in Italy. We always have someone to support in our house. Passions run high. Wish me luck!I do hope you enjoy this edition, and continue to support the local businesses who advertise, without whom we wouldn’t have this great community magazine.Enjoy!Jenny StuartEditor & publisher
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houses were occupied by Dr Rowat and Dr Hamilton Hart. In 1952 the site of all six houses was sold to Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, and Rushmere Court, with its Dutch-style mansard roofs, was constructed. Its curving drive neatly accentuates the line of The Avenue
at this point.
Next on the left is Lansdowne Court, a development of maisonettes in a restrained moderne style (similar to Timbercroft) built about 1935. The name was inherited from the house (perhaps the largest Victorian house in Worcester Park) which had stood here since the 1860s.
In 1869 Jane and Eliza Turk, with their sister Fanny Carter, took a lease of the building; they opened a girls’ school, Lansdowne College, and by 1881 had 32 boarders, with four governesses and six servants. Another school, St. John’s College, was opened next door that year, with five girls taught by Mrs Mabel Robson, part of a network of schools devised by Prebendary Joseph Lloyd Brereton, a Norfolk clergyman and educational pioneer. In 1858 he had founded a ‘county school’ in Devon, providing a liberal and religious boarding education to sons of local farmers, supported by fees. He moved to Norfolk in 1867 and extended his scheme to university education, founding an inexpensive ‘county college’ in Cambridge in 1873. In 1881 he established the Graduated County Schools Association, providing self-supporting schools and colleges for girls and women. Three ‘grades’ of institutions were planned: junior or ‘County’ schools, regional senior or ‘Centre’ schools, and university colleges. Worcester Park became the location of the Southern Centre school. In 1882-83 Lansdowne College was amalgamated into it; Eliza Turk stayed on as housemistress.
The schooling was academically rigorous: an 1880s syllabus mentions Euclid’s Geometry and Vergil’s Æneid. A trip to London Zoo would have provided an exhilarating change: Mrs Robson wrote that “I had the greatest difficulty in persuading them to leave the Monkey House even after
Last month in our journey up The Avenue we reached Purdey Court. Opposite this is the entrance to Orchard Court, built in the early 1930s on the site of a plant nursery owned by Henry Dare and Son who also had premises at the top of Central Road.
Beyond, Forresters Court occupies the site of The Bungalow, home of Frederick Chifferiel who played a major part in the development of The Avenue. No. 13, which has recently reverted to an earlier name, St. Helen’s, after being known as Alauna, is typical of the large 1860s villas.
Next on the left is Rushmere Court, on the site of three pairs of large s e m i - d e t a c h e d houses built in the 1860s by the architect Chester Foulsham, probably with his partner John Giles. The first pair, St. Andrew’s and Woodville, were later converted into one house: Horace Shrubb, a chorister at St. Mary’s Church in the 1920s, remembers calling here at the end of an evening’s carol singing. “Two of the senior boys would usually go round and book into these houses – at nine o’clock on Christmas Eve it was always Mrs Clarke we went down to. We used to get invited into the hall in these places, and she had a plate on a table in the hall, and there were all the sixpences in a circle round, and we were given sixpence each.”
The second pair of houses were named Elm House and Rushmere, and the third pair St. John’s and Shelocke. Initially John Giles lived in St. John’s himself. By 1881 Shelocke had become St. John’s College (see below).
Both these houses later had medical connections. In about 1900 Lt-Col Sir Launcelotte Gubbins, an army surgeon, lived at St John’s. In the 1870s-80s he served in Afghanistan, Egypt and Burma. Later, as Assistant Director, and then Director-General, of the Army Medical Service, he was involved in its transformation into a royal Corps. He also handled the medical arrangements for Edward VII’s coronation. After his death in 1925, The Times paid tribute to “his struggles to combat those maladies which especially affect the soldier abroad.” By 1930 these
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we paid it a second visit. They rode on the elephant and were quite brave about feeding all the animals.” In 1885 there were 11 resident and seven visiting teachers, 55 boarders and 14 day girls.
The Association closed in 1887, but the Worcester Park
school was perhaps more successful than the other institutions. Miss Elizabeth Walsh, Headmistress since 1885, took over the lease of Lansdowne herself. In 1891 she had six assistants and 38 pupils, all girls and mostly 12-18. Some had been born as far away as Yorkshire or Cumberland, whilst six had been born in India and two in
Trinidad (probably the children of colonial officials or businessmen, sent back to be educated in a less hazardous climate).
By 1926 the premises had become a hotel, run by a Miss Dodd. Adjacent to the house was a large hall; this was presumably less useful for a hotel than for a school, and in 1933 Miss Dodd let the congregation of St. Mary’s use it as a church hall.
Our illustrations this month show one of the large houses in The Avenue, very likely St Andrew’s, and the view from Lansdowne of the tennis courts in the grounds.
Reverting to the topic of when the Malden Green poplars were planted – Jeff Wallder points out that they do not appear on a 1937 aerial photograph, which supports the suggested date of 1938.
Finally, turning to the forthcoming royal wedding – do you have any photographs or memories of Worcester Park street parties or celebrations for other royal weddings, perhaps in 1947 or 1981? If so, do contact me, please.David [email protected] 8330 [email protected] WPLife
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Most of us have a hazy idea of who St Valentine was. Two claims were made for the title in ancient times, one being a Roman priest and the other a bishop, both of them martyrs. Neither of them seems to have had any association with romance. St Valentine’s Day appeared to come into being during the middle ages when it was associated with the onset of spring.
The first time in my life that I became aware of feelings of romance was when I was at my junior school which wasn’t that far away from where I now live in Worcester Park. I had heard through the class grapevine that a fellow pupil named Michael was going to give me a bag of aniseed twist sweets at playtime because he liked me a lot. (His parents owned a sweetshop in Epsom town. What more could a greedy girl want of her first love? ). I stood nonchalantly in the playground at the appointed time, but sadly Michael never came in my direction. I found out later that hunger had got the better of him and my love token had been scoffed. Thus, at an early age, I discovered the fickleness of men.
When I had my first real boyfriend in my early teens I was ecstatic at the thought of being taken to the local cinema by him (the now demolished “Rembrandt” at Ewell Court) and even though it was raining on the day of our date nothing could dampen my young spirits.
As we headed off to the bus stop together I handed my young beau an umbrella to shelter me from the rain. Unfortunately he kept crashing it down on my fashionably back-combed and lacquered bouffant creation, which rapidly turned into a bird’s nest. Arriving at the cinema I was equally unimpressed by him as he made me pay for my own box of chocolates, and then led me to the very unromantic front row of seats. Any thoughts of a quick snog rapidly disappeared from my mind as I cricked my neck looking up at the screen. So apart from a ruined hairdo, soggy feet, an empty purse and a pain in the neck (in every sense….) I had a sort of O.K. first date.
The boy in question was a blonde good-looking chap called Chris Dreja who lived in Surbiton and went on to be part of the Yardbirds, a world-class group who toured with the Rolling Stones. I split up with Chris a short time
after our disastrous date. I was obviously too high maintenance for him and not rock
chick enough. Probably just too rock-hard hair…..
Throughout my teenage years I had many boyfriends, always hoping with each one that I would experience the full moonlight and roses treatment. Unfortunately I just encountered the real world where boys were, well, boys, who usually put their love of football or cars before me. I needed violins. They gave me halftime scores.
I longed to be swept off my feet by a handsome Lothario who adored me. Unfortunately, being a capable-looking tall girl I didn’t engender a protective
instinct in the opposite sex. As one chap put it – “I might fancy you if I didn’t have to get up a ladder to kiss you”.
Eventually I married in my twenties (having had to propose to my then boyfriend as I was gathering dust on
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We all have to throw away our rose-tinted glasses eventually and realise that love is about the little things in life, and not always the grand gestures. Yes, it would be great to be spirited away to Paris in a private helicopter for lunch, but in the cold light of day most women would prefer a man who always takes the rubbish out to the bin. Love doesn’t have to be shown in monetary terms. A heart flip can come from the touch of a hand, a meaningful look, or someone remembering your favourite colour. The cliché that “money can’t buy me love” is illustrated on a daily basis in the press, be it in the private lives of royalty or lottery winners.
True love is all about caring for someone more than yourself. It sounds easy, but in reality it is often hard to put into practice. And of course to be loved YOU have to be loving. Many people confuse lust with being in love, or infatuation with true love. Those feelings all have their places in our lives at different times, but just as we surely know when we are NOT loved, we don’t always recognize THE REAL THING when it comes along. How many of us regularly take stock of all the selfless little things our partners do on a daily basis that prove their devotion to us?
I worked for many years as a bereavement counsellor and would often hear clients say “I didn’t realise how much he/she loved me until they died….”
On this Valentines Day don’t be sad that a large bouquet or a soppy card doesn’t arrive at your door, as long as your beloved remembers to wipe the bathroom basin after they have used it. Love, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. It is often right in front of us if we only open our eyes wide enough to recognise it. As Shakespeare said – “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind…..”
True love doesn’t always show itself in how much some thing costs. Even so, I still wish that Michael at my junior school had given me those sweets and not eaten them…..
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Crocuses, like Hamlet's sorrows, come not as single spies, but in battalions. And stealthy battalions at that. One day, there is no sign of them, while the next they have popped up everywhere. Anyone who walks across a public park daily to get to work and suddenly, one morning, comes across a veritable carpet of plump Dutch crocuses, purple and yellow, will know what I mean.
That jack-in-the-box character is only part of the fascination that crocuses have to offer us. For me, their appeal lies as much in the way they open their petals out when the sun warms them as in their colours. It may be a no-nonsense bio-chemical reaction to sunlight, but it is still reminds me of the way I feel like stretching my arms out to enjoy the February sunshine, so it always makes me smile.
Nor is that all, for the styles (that is, stigmas and stalks inside the flowers) exhibit an intriguing variety of form, depending on the kind of crocus it is. I really enjoy going round the garden on a sunny day, peering into crocus flowers to observe the branching of the golden or red styles. In fact, this is one way that botanists identify different species. The styles of the well-known spring-flowering Crocus chrysanthus, for example, are orange-red and divided into three, while those of Crocus sieberi are fringed. The styles of Crocus imperati are so divided that they look like masses of fine orange threads.
The styles of the autumn-flowering Crocus sativus - believe it or not - provide the culinary spice and yellow dye that we know as saffron. It seems remarkable now that saffron was once commercially grown and harvested in this country; indeed, it was so important to the prosperity of one part of Essex that there is a town named after it - Saffron Walden. It would be nice to think that such a benign industry could be resurrected, especially since saffron is the most expensive spice you can buy, but the summers would have to get a bit hotter and winters appreciably colder before it was viable again. And I rather doubt you could get people to pick the flowers. It would be back-breaking work, which we would not appreciate; after all, it takes 100,000 flowers to make just a kilo of dried culinary saffron and the harvest has to be done very quickly. Crocus
sativus is grown for profit in central Spain, Iran, Greece and Kashmir and has
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have cared for 18 cats over that time. I have a cabin in my garden in Worcester Park, which is heated and has a small exercise run. I am a mother of 3 boys, work part-time and I find looking after and re-homing the cats in my care very rewarding. Indeed my whole family gets involved in the charities work in one way or another either by helping to care for the cats in my care or by giving them love and cuddles. The Charity relies totally on donations and help from volunteers like myself to re-home the animals in our care. Animals come
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With the government predicting that over the next 25 years, the number of 75 year olds will increase by a staggering 76%, Home Instead Senior Care has arrived in the area to care for the needs of the elderly now!Based in New Malden, Home Instead covers the Worcester Park, New Malden and surrounding areas and is owned and run by local, Clare Jefferies, with Care Manager Julie Lee and a growing team of trusted, highly trained Caregivers. Clare explains “Home Instead’s ethos is to ‘change the face of ageing’ and it is with extreme passion and commitment that we are here in your local community. Having experienced the wrong side of care for both my parents a few years ago, I want Home Instead to become your trusted companion for your loved one and for us to be an extension of your own family.Home Instead is a non medical provider of care and companionship to the elderly to help them maintain their independence.
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The one day of the year that really segregates the nation- Valentine’s Day. You either love it or you hate it (and you will often find that the majority of those who resent the day are single). Many people find the day sweet and romantic whilst others find it over commercialised and soppy. Whatever view you share on Valentine’s Day, most people celebrate with their loved ones or with friends.
Valentine’s Day is an old tradition carried on for hundreds of years. It all started with a priest called Valentine. Legend has it that during the Roman era, marriage was banned for a while, supposedly because single men made better soldiers. However, Valentine did not agree and decided to conduct marriage ceremonies in secret. Unfortunately Valentine was found out and was put to death on February 14th. Ever since, February has been the month to celebrate love and romance, the month in which it is acceptable for strange men to send
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For those who are interested in celebrating locally, why not visit Pizza Express, La Mamma or Bellini’s in the High Street that will cater for your romantic feast. The Conservatory will be able to supply beautiful bouquets of flowers and the Vin Bin, Worcester Park’s new Wine Shop will be able to supply you with that special bottle of champagne. Whatever you have up your sleeve this year I hope you have a very happy Valentine’s Day. WPLife
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Table top sale at St John’s Hall, 411 Malden Road from 0930-1230 on the 5th March.Proceeds to go towards the lighting fund.
Kingsmeadow Live brings you the best live music including original acts such as Neville Staple, The Dualers and Boo Hewerdine and top tributes such as The Smyths, The Jamm and The Kounterfeit Kinks. When: Friday and Saturday nightsTime: Doors open 7.30pm- 8pm, shows start 9pm- 9.30pm, Bar closes Midnight-1amKingsmeadow Stadium Jack Goodchild Way 422a Kingston Rd Kingston Upon Thames KT1 3PB Box office: 020 8547 3335Web: www.kingsmeadowlive.comE-mail: [email protected]
Rose Theatre 24-26 High StKingston Upon Thames KT1 1HL 020 8546 698Tuesday 1 February –Saturday 5 FebruaryTHE HISTORY BOYS By Alan BennettTickets £8 - £27Monday 7 February, 7.30pmSHLOMO – MOUTHTRONICA One man. One mouth. One mic. Tickets £14Tuesday 8 February, 7.30pm IAN D MONTFORT: TOUCHING THE DEADTickets £12 adv, £14 on the door, £10 concessionsThursday 9 February, 7.30pmRAINER HERSCH’S VICTOR BORGETickets £14 adv, £16 on door, £12 pit, £10 concessionsThursday 10 February, 7.30pmARABELLA WEIR – THE REAL ME IS THINTickets £12, £8 pit
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Tickets £12.50, schools £10 – teachers go free!Friday 18 February – Saturday 26 MarchAS YOU LIKE IT Tickets £8 - £40Wed 2 Mar 5.30pm INTRODUCTION TO AS YOU LIKE IT Tickets £5, £3
Epsom PlayhouseAshley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5ALBox Office: 01372 742555 Website: www.epsomplayhouse.co.ukThursday 3 February at 8pmJESSIE BUCKLEY IN CONCERTTickets: £18.50 Pass Card Members: £15.50Friday 4 February at 8pmSHAZIA MIRZA IN MULTIPLE CHOICESTickets: £12.50 Pass Card Members: £10.00Saturday 5 February at 8pm MARK STEELTickets: £15.00Saturday 12 February at 1pm and 3.30pm and Sunday 13 February at 11am and 2pmROARY THE RACING CAR Tickets: £13.50Monday 14 February at 8pm - Myers StudioLAURIE CHESCOE’S GOODTIME JAZZTickets: £9.50 Pass Card Members: £8.40Thursday 24 February at 12.00pm and 3.00pmTHE WAY BACK HOMETickets: £8.75Sunday 27 February at 8pmMILTON JONES - LION WHISPERER Tickets: £15.00Monday 28 February at 8pm - Myers StudioDAVE STRUDWICK’S SUSSEX JAZZ KINGS Tickets: £9.50 Pass Card Members: £8.40Monday 28 February at 7.30pmCHRIS PACKHAM - A WILD LIFE EXPOSED Tickets: £16.50 Pass Card Members: £13.20 Children under 16: £7.50
The Secombe Theatre 42 Cheam Road, Sutton, SM1 2SS Box Office: 0208 770 699New for 2011SUTTON’S NEW COMEDY CLUBAward-winning comedian & TV-face Neil Cole introduces the best in Stand-up Comedy at Sutton’s Secombe Theatre. Expect LOLs and ROFLs from stars of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Radio 4, Mock The Week, Buzzcocks, Boosh, Inbetweeners etc PLUS exciting new talent. Contains strong language from the start. Follow @Sutton_Comedy on TwitterFriday 11 February JOHNNY CASH ROADSHOW7.30pm £15/£13 concs Suitable for: Older Children & AdultsSaturday 12 February THE FLOYD EFFECT – A Tribute To Pink Floyd7.30pm £15Suitable for: Older Children & AdultsFriday 18 February THE NEW AMEN CORNER IN CONCERT WPLife
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Jim and “The Gaffer”At the lower end of our allotment site lies the entrance to a secret garden. For most of the year, it’s hidden by greenery. But on a stark January day you can’t miss it. On a corner where the path sweeps round towards the car park, there’s a bird table where robins squabble for seeds. Below is a white sign bearing the inscription: The Jim Mansbridge Wildlife Area. Who was Jim, I wondered, and how did the area come to be created? “Go and talk to Jean”, was the advice I was given. “It was Jean’s project”. Jean Galsworthy is a surprising woman. Judging by her two and a half productive plots, you might think she was a lifelong allotment addict. You’d be wrong. “I just wanted somewhere to burn garden prunings”, she admitted. “In 1990, local residents got a council leaflet inviting them to take on a vacant plot. They assured us you didn’t have to do anything on it.” How times change!For the annual sum of £7, she was allocated a half plot : a wilderness with a damson tree –and no damsons. Some would have sprayed the lot with weed killer. Not Jean. Never keen on pesticides, she decided to go completely organic. In this she was ahead of the trend. Armed with only an old sickle and a fork, she cleared the plot and planted lettuces and a herb garden. Soon, she was hooked. In October, she took on the derelict other half, “to stop somebody else messing about on my plot!” Two more followed. But with many plots still unlet, something had to be done to prevent the site being grabbed by developers. So Jean set about recruiting a band of enthusiastic volunteers to “get things moving”. Her efforts paid off. Working parties gradually cleared neglected plots and Open Days drew in a dozen new tenants.Perhaps Jean’s biggest triumph was to persuade the AGM to accept her plans to turn a triangle of land roughly 160 x 90 feet into a wildlife area. Most of this was left as cover for birds, foxes and badgers. The remainder, often flooded in winter, was dug out to form a pond, drainage ditches, bog garden and meadow area. Jim Mansbridge, a retired policeman, was full of
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.For many reasons some trees are protected by Local Authorities, this feature looks at the procedures and types of protection. An individual tree, a group of trees or an area of land can have protection orders put in place by the planning department in the council, these are called Individual, Area and Conservation Areas respectively. In some cases conditions can be made in respect to a building application that can also affect the trees. To check your property for any forms of protection just contact your council by phone or the website eg.www.kingston.gov.uk; this should be done if any treeworks are proposed to ensure you do not end up in a magistrates court with a fine up to £20,000! . Companies like RJ Tree Services can do these checks for you as part of discussing possible treeworks in your garden.
Why are some trees protected?Trees are given TPO’s if they are considered as
making a significant positive impact in the local environment. If you feel a tree in your local area should be protected then contact your council planning department and request that they inspect the tree with regard to creating a TPO; it normally takes a month for the council to consider the reasons you give before coming to a decision.Protection orders cannot be put on shrubs and are usually not placed on trees like Leylandii conifers along with multi stem trees like Hazel. Within Conservation Areas trees with a diameter of 7.5cm at a height of 1.5m above ground level are covered by protection measures.
If a tree is under immediate threat of works or removal an emergency TPO can be put in place that can later be ratified into a permanent order. How can treeworks be done on a protected tree?A planning application is necessary if any for of work are desired on a protected tree. The application must be in the name of the tree owner with their signature and details including the tree species and why it requires either surgery or removal.
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In order to reduce, thin, crown lift or fell a tree that has either a TPO or CA protection an application is necessary to the council planning department. The forms can easily be downloaded from the respective website and once submitted a decision is usually made in 6 to 8 weeks. RJ Tree Services and other professional arborists can do these applications on your behalf for free to ensure the appropriate tree detail and exact specification for surgery is given. Many application forms are rejected if the map detail and nature along with reasons for surgery are not accurately provided.If a protected tree is dying, dead or diseased then a formal application is not required to the council. However we recommend that photographs of the tree along with a letter to the planning departments tree section is made before surgery/felling takes place. Only in instances where the tree is dangerous eg, root plate displacement, partial collapse; should the felling be done without this letter but still a quick telephone call to the council could save difficulties at a later date.
Are protected trees that are removed replaced?Many local councils will require an appropriate replacement tree to be planted in the vicinity of the one removed. The planning consent letter from the council tree officer will specify usually 3 species of tree that can be planted and give details on the height/age of the replacement one. If you feel you would like to plant an alternative tree species not on the
list then a letter to the council is required giving the reasons for your choice.At some point in the future a tree officer may require you to confirm that the replacement tree has been planted. Although it can be a time consuming exercise to have a protected tree on your property requiring council permission for works. The consequences of a “free for all” on treeworks can be dire for our communities. We have seen some fantastic trees that form a magnificent feature in surburban London removed or butchered in such a way that they create an ugly blot on the landscape for many years to come. Just imagine our landscape devoid of trees we would all miss those spring blossoms through to spectacular autumnal colours!. Council Planning Department tree officers do understand the need for gardens to have light and that over time trees can become oversized and require works to restrict growth. Likewise the officers understand the impact of subsidence to property services and foundations as rootplates develop that also mean tree surgery can be necessary, the majority of the applications R J Tree Services make for clients are approved. WPLife
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Five Spice Chicken with Soy and Honey Sauce Ready in: 50 minutesServes 4
recipe
Chinese five-spice paste is an aromatic blend of cinnamon, fennel, star anise, ginger and cloves. It’s great for adding an authentic Oriental flavour to meat, fish and poultry. You’ll find small jars of it in the herb and spice sections of most supermarkets.
4 chicken fillets with skin10ml (2tsp) Chinese five-spice paste 10ml (2tsp) sunflower oil60ml (4tbsp) light soy sauce30ml (2tbsp) runny honey1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce225g (8oz) hot cooked long grain rice, to serveShredded spring onions and finely chopped red chilli, to garnish
1 Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Spread the
five-spice paste over the skin of each chicken fillet and
place in a foil-lined roasting tin. Drizzle
over the oil and roast for 30-35 mins until the chicken is cooked through and the spice coated skin is lightly charred.2 Remove the chicken from the tin and cover and keep warm. Pour any juices from the roasting tin into a small pan and add the soy sauce and honey. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 4-5 mins until slightly thickened, Stir in the sweet chilli sauce.3 Slice each chicken fillet
into 5 pieces and arrange on a bed of hot cooked rice. Garnish with the shredded spring onion. Serve the soy and honey sauce in small bowls, garnished with chopped red chilli. WPLife
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Made with frozen mixed berries and thick Greek yoghurt this is a quick and easy low fat dessert - a refreshing alternative to theusual calorie laden winter puds! For a more adult version replace the apple juice with red wine or add a splash of cassis to thesoftened fruit.
400g bag frozen mixed berries75g (3oz) caster sugar55ml (2fl oz) apple juice1 mulled wine spice sachet1-2 tsp vanilla extract500g carton Greek yoghurt6 ready-made brandy snaps
Place the frozen berries in a deep frying pan.Stir in the sugar and apple juice and add themulled wine spice sachet. Gently heat the fruit, stirring all the time, until the sugar has dissolved.Simmer gently for 10 mins until the fruit has thawed completely and the liquid is syrupy. Set aside and leave to cool for 30 mins. Remove the mulled wine spice sachet and discard.
Stir the vanilla extract into the yoghurt. Lightly crush half the brandy snaps. Layer the fruit compote, vanilla yoghurt and crushed brandy snaps in 4 tall serving glasses, ending with a layer of yoghurt.Cover and chill in the fridge for at least 1hour. Break the remaining brandy snaps into pieces and use to decorate the desserts. Serve immediately.
For a hot version, allow thefruit compote to cool for just10 mins. Warm a carton offresh custard and use inplace of the yoghurt. n
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Do you enjoy listening to show tunes, big band music, jazz, light classics etc?Come along to an evening of live music played by top artistes. . We meet on the second Monday of each month at our Banstead venueBanstead Organ & Keyboard ClubChurch Institute Hall,High Street, Banstead SM7 2NNOur next concerts are on 14th February – Ian House14th March – Andrew NixDoors open 7pm for 7:30pm start. (Visitors £7)Visitors & new members are always welcome to our concerts. Further details from 020 8330 5795, or visit www.bansteadorganclub.co.ukQuest was set up in 1987 to provide a meeting place for people with physical disabilities between the ages of 20 - 60. However, once a member there is no age cut off. The aim of the club is to provide a welcoming, caring atmosphere for the members and allow the carers to have a regular break.
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for our lunch, which is cooked on the premises.We have various social activities and every second month we have a speaker, outings can be arranged if enough people wish to go.The venue is St. Philip Hall, Christchurch with St. Philip, Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park.We meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays in the month from 12.45 to 4p.mContact June Day, Club Secretary, on 02083301220 Worcester Park Residents AssocaiationWhen issues arise in our town or local council want to implement changes which could affect our daily way of life then as rate payers we need to voice our opinions. WPRA is the voice of the community. The more members we have the more our local council and MP will listen to our concerns. This in turn will help us to get what we want and not what someone outside our community wants us to have.Do you have concerns about issues such as:- Central road traffic congestion- Flooding of Beverley brook- Thriving as a community- Graffiti- Litter
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April no Sutton meeting due to our annual open day and AGM at Croydon on Saturday 9th April. This year’s topic is the census with three very interesting speakers. Non-members are very welcome to all the above events, which are free.Further details of all our branch meetings, and open day can be found atOur award winning website www.esfhs.org.ukSocial Dancing with“ GLITTERS”At Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell Village8.30 pm – 11.00 pm Entrance £7.50Over 18’s All standardsBar & Free parking & Professional D JWe may not have Brucie but we do have a glitter ball!21st January4th & 18th February18th March1st & 15th AprilFOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 07903 314276Keep Fit Stay Fit every Wednesday 10.15-11.15am at Christ Church with St Philip, Ruskin Road. Come along and give it a try !For more information please call Jo Hamilton on tel 020 8786 3444
Worcester Park Life needs YOU!!!We are wanting to get information together for a Clubs page. So if you belong to a local club, group or organisation and want to attract new members please email:[email protected] may also want to write an article. Remember, if you’re not in it to make a profit then your listing is absolutely free. So what are you waiting for.... WPLife
Help us to help you by becoming a member of WPRAIt’s simple to join and only £4 per year per household. This subscription goes towards the cost of producing 3 or 4 newsletters you will receive each year, Sutton councils weekly planning application list ( by email only) postage costs and the hiring of halls for our meetings and the AGM.For an application form please call Tom on 8330 2299 who will drop a form into you.East Surrey Family History SocietyFor those who are interested in finding out how to investigate their family history the Sutton Branch of the East Surrey Family History Society holds meetings on the first Thursday of the month at St Nicholas Church Hall, Robin Hood Lane. Most months we have a professional speaker.Here is what we have on offer for the next few months6th January Paul Blake Crime, Criminals& Punishment in England Paul is a professional genealogist & President of ESFHS3rd February Else Churchill English Parish Record Else is the Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists3rd March Geoff Swinfield Tracing Living Relatives & Missing People. Geoff has a Ph D in genetics & is a professional genealogist.
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MondayWorcester Park Baptist Church 9.30-11.30- a lively toddler group, where carers of any kind are welcome to attend and supervise their youngsters. Our age range is from young babies to 3-4 years. Sarah on 020 8393 7299 or email via the church’s website - www.wpbc.org.ukChrist Church with St Philip Parent and Toddler Group is a very welcoming and relaxed place to meet new friends for yourself and your toddlers. We are open to all Mums, Dads, Grandparents and Carers. We meet in the Church Hall on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9.30 until 11.15am during term time
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Toddler Group 9.30 until 11.15am - see MondayThursdayEpsom & Ewell Toy Library term time 9.30 to 12.30 at Riverview Children’s Centre, Riverview Primary School, West Ewell, which is just off of Ruxley Lane (at the ewell By Pass end). 0208 337 7310 Refreshments are available, so come along to play & have a cuppa and a chat! £3 to join/year, please bring 2 forms of IDFriday
Christ Church with St Philip Parent and Toddler Group 9.30 until 11.15am - see Monday
St. Mary’s Parent and Toddler Group meets 10.00 - 11.30am in the Parish Centre. Families enjoy
making new friends in a relaxed atmosphere, while their children play safely. Ladies from St. Mary’s Mothers’ Union serve refreshments during the morning for both adults and children. Feel free to pop in and check us out
any Friday morning during term time; you can be sure of a warm welcome. For
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Baby Signing Worcester Park library
Learn simple signs to find out what your little one is thinking and feeling in fun, informative sessions taught by a qualified
sign language interpreter
“An excellent course. Taught by a lively, vibrant teacher. We both had lots of fun and laughs and learnt a
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SchoolsCheam Common Junior School 020 8337 1844Cheam Common Infant School 020 8337 4152Cuddington Community Primary School 020 8716 2677Dorchester Primary School 020 8330 1144Green Lane Primary School 020 8337 6976Linden Bridge School 020 8330 3009Malden Parochial Primary School 020 8337 4804CouncilsKingston Council 020 8547 5757Sutton Council 0208 770 5070Epsom & Ewell 01372 732 000PoliceWorcester Park Police Office, 154 Central Road, 020 8649 3590 07843 065915In an emergency dial 999
DoctorsManor Drive Surgery 0844 4778795 Auriol Medical Centre 020 8337553PharmaciesPlough Green Pharmacy364 Malden Road, Worcester Park 020 83372083 Concept Chemist 127 Manor Drive North, New Malden 020 83374618 Ruxley Pharmacy 2 Ruxley Lane 020 83932094 Victoria Chemist524 London Road, North Cheam, Surrey, SM3 8HWTel: 020 82874777 Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd566 London Road, North Cheam 020 8641 6148 Nima Chemist58 The Broadway, Stoneleigh 020 83932106 Patson Chemist67 The Broadway, Stoneleigh 020 83932342 Alliance Pharmacy322a Malden Road, North Cheam 020 86448139
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Timely ReminderFollowing on from last months good news on crime figures, the latest statistics have arrived from Sutton and they confirm that the expected rise in burglaries due to the festive season has taken place. This rise in activity has been mainly on the east side of the borough, however, there have been a couple of residential burglaries in the Worcester Park area where jewellery, watches and satellite navigation systems have been stolen. So this is as good a time as any to remind you of measures you can take to ensure your property is not seen as an easy target.
How does a burglar’s mind work?Burglary, on the whole, is an opportunist crime. A burglar will select his target because it offers him the best opportunity to carry out his crime undetected and with the fewest number of obstacles in his way. A building that presents itself as unoccupied and insecure is far more likely to be targeted than one which is properly secured:• Side gates open
• Accessible windows open • Ladders left out,
allowing access to otherwise inaccessible windows • Garden tools available to force entry • Untrimmed hedges or high fences preventing natural surveillance
Each of these makes access to the building far simpler and is an indication to the prospective burglar that it’s worth a second look. Residents of multi occupancy dwellings or flats should be
mindful not to grant entry to people via an entry phone system, if they do not know them, and to be cautious of people seeking to ‘tailgate’ them into buildings. Please also ensure that you do not leave any valuables including car keys visible near the front door as there have been a few letterbox burglaries among those mentioned above. Just a few ideas to help you protect your property, I’m sure many of you will have already taken steps to upgrade your security.
Whilst on the subject of burglary, It’s a pleasure for me to tell you about a tremendous instance of the Worcester Park community working well with the police. Acting on information from a resident about unusual movements coming from the neighbouring dwelling and knowing what we knew about commercial burglaries in that particular area, we were able to piece together what was going on. With the help of updates from the neighbour, we made plans and entered the property early one morning and arrested three males who had in their possession a large quantity of stolen lead. The three are known to police and investigations into their unlawful activities are ongoing. They are currently on police bail.Staying on the theme of good news, the total number of reported crimes in Worcester Park in 2010 was 216 compared to 305 in 2009. That’s a fall of 29%. Also in Worcester Park, the total number of calls police received relating to anti social behaviour in 2010 was 188 compared to 220 in 2009. A fall of 15%. Proof that neighbourhood policing is working well.
Bad news? You’ll have to wait a whole month for my next article.For more information and tips on how to secure your home, visit: www.met.police.uk/crimeprevention or go to your nearest police station or call 0300 123 1212.Please stay vigilant! WPLife
Worcester Park Safer Neighbourhood Team, 020 8 649 3590 [email protected] Nonsuch Safer Neighbourhood Team, 0208 721 2491 [email protected] 154 Central Road, Worcester Park In an emergency always dial 999.
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dads diary"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them" - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You are taking them where?Her godmother was aghast, "You are taking my goddaughter (Age seven and three quarters) to see JLS at the O2. Are you sure?" Well, we had been up to that point. She didn't appear to have any objections to our daughter's taste in music so what was it that made her question our parenting skills, the journey, the crowds, the late night? However confident we were that she could handle it now there was this pressure – we all want to be seen as a good parent. Perhaps we shouldn't have admitted to what thousand of others were doing that Saturday night. Guilty? Not Guilty or Un-proven?So, what else are parents guiltily hiding from the friends, family and other parents for fear of being cast out of polite society? Leaving them at home will they pop to the to the newsagents for a paper and a pint of milk or for a latte in Il Chicco's? Letting them wear make up? Allowing them walk to school or the corner shop on their own. Agreeing to them have a Facebook account? Giving them a mobile phone? Any of these might be okay if your child was sixteen but what about eleven or six?Home AloneDespite the fact that many people believe the magical age children can be left alone is fourteen, there is no minimum age when you're legally allowed to leave them. However, it is an offence if it puts them at risk. Parents can be prosecuted if they leave a child unsupervised ‘in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health’ (Children and Young Person’s Act). 'The law is unclear,' says the NSPCC, "'If a child is happy to be left alone for short periods of time, that could be acceptable. It's important that the parent and child talk about leaving him or her alone. A child can seem mature with a lot of bravado, but may actually feel very insecure about being left alone.' The NSPPC suggests a number of things to consider before you decide to leave a child alone. These include: the age of the child, the child's level of maturity and understanding, the place where the child will be left, how long, and how often, the child will be left alone and whether or not there are any other children with the child.Walking to SchoolI'm sure many of us have pondered the question of when to let our little ones travel to and from school on their own. In September 2010, Lincolnshire County Council
threatened a father with “child protection issues” for allowing his seven-year-old daughter to walk twenty metres from their home to the school bus stop unaccompanied. Was he being irresponsible? Did he not fear for her safety? What about all the terrible people out there waiting to abduct her?
Or was it far from this being bad parenting, was he not allowing her freedom and teaching her about safety and responsibility surely a crucial part of bringing children up? Daughter number one nagged and nagged to be allowed to walk to school alone (probably because she thought she might be allowed a mobile phone "just in case"). Having done it once, in the last year of primary school, she was quite happy then to be accompanied - could it be that children have an innate need to test themselves, to experience danger and overcome it and make small judgments about their own safety? Or perhaps an even bigger need to think that their parents trust them to do so?
PS. According to the Children's Legal Centre:At Five: you can drink alcohol in private; must receive full-time education; have to pay a child's fare on trains.At Seven: you can open a National Saving Account.At Ten: you have full criminal responsibility and can be convicted of a criminal offence. At Twelve: you can be trained to participate in dangerous performances subject to the grant of a local authority licence and see a 12A film at the cinema unaccompanied by an adult.At Thirteen: join Facebook.At Sixteen: you can join the army / get married with your parents consent and are allowed to buy tickets (or scratch cards) in a registered public lotteryAt Seventeen: you can hold a valid, provisional driving licence.At Eighteen: you can buy alcohol or drink alcohol in a pub, buy tobacco, vote in a General Election. WPLife
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