Edmund Tylney 20% Discount offer

Attached to the Summer Newsletter, members will have found the special offer of 10% discount from 27th July until 12th August and various business listed.  I am pleased to inform members that Gregory Giles, the new manager of the the Edmund Tylney (the Wetherspoon's pub on the High Street), has emailed the chair of our Publicity & Membership Subcommittee the following:

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I am not sure what was previously agreed by the departing manager of our business but as the new manager I would like to offer all Leatherhead Residents' Association members 20% discount on all food bills excluding those deals which already include a free drink as part of their promotion.

 As responsible retailers we are unable to offer targeted discounts on drinks purchases. The 20% discount on food is available to all your members with immediate effect on production of appropriate identification of membership to our staff and will continue until you or I request otherwise. This will extend to any single member who has up to three non-member guests in their party, so family and friends of our local association are not excluded!
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Please Help Save Teazle Wood

As many will know, contracts have been signed. Grateful thanks to all Friends of Teazle Wood who have generously donated or pledged.

Whilst the largest piece of land is secure, £90,000 is still needed for the smaller piece of the wood. (If most of the people of Leatherhead donated £9, this amount would be met!) We have until July 31st to secure this.

All donations welcome. Could you please pass this on to anyone who may be able to help.

Why save Teazle Wood?:

• Last sizable block of woodland in Leatherhead teaming with wildlife • It forms a wildlife corridor between Bookham and Ashtead • Is a well loved green space for people of Leatherhead • Is a proven educational resource for local people and schools

• Has therapeutic value for Combat Stress and Queen Elizabeth's Foundation • it has historical and archaeological significance • it is the home of many rare and endangered species • After being neglected for years it deserves the gentle management that numerous

groups would love to give it

Please send cheques now payable to: "Friends of Teazle Wood" to Lucy Quinnell, Rowhurst Forge, Oxshott Rd, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 0EN.

Please include name: address, telephone number, e- mail, & whether you would like to remain anonymous or whether you are happy to be named (amounts will not be disclosed unless you'd like. Receipts will be given) To follow on facebook: Friends of Teazle Wood

lucyquinnell@aol.com

Music on Thursdays – Lunchtime Concerts in Leatherhead

Starting: 8^th March 2012 and every Thursday until November

Music on Thursdays, a season of free lunchtime concerts, runs from 8^th March, every Thursday until November. Concerts start at 12.30pm and last 40-50 minutes.

  

Parish Church Master of Music, Graham Davies commented: “We have invited a selection of musicians to perform in Leatherhead. They include local musicians, professionals from further afield, and Royal Academy of Music students – quite an array of talent.”

The first concert in the Church, on March 8^th, features Royal Academy students Midori Komachi, violin, with accompanist Carlos Guerrero. The following week sees performances by musicians from St John’s School, Leatherhead.

After that comes the first monthly organ concert using the both church’s digital organ and the historic 17^thC Parker pipe organ.

As the season continues we hear a bassoon ensemble, solo singers, a pair of tubas, and combinations of string and wind instruments.

We're attaching a poster which shows the first three months or this year's programme. Please do forward this to friends. If you have a place to display the poster that would be a lovely way to support the venture.

There is level access to Leatherhead Parish Church, and toilet facilities in the church hall. Entry to concerts is free. Contributions to help cover costs will be welcome.

Organiser: Graham Davies, Master of Music, Leatherhead Parish Church

Publicity: Frances Presley & Peter Steadman

Leatherhead Parish Church is registered as a charity in England & Wales No. 1132607.

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Here is the full programme for the year:

Programme

  8 March – Midori Komachi, violin &

                        Carlos Guerrero, piano,

                        from the Royal Academy of Music

15 March – Students from St John’s School, 

                           Leatherhead

22 March – Graham Davies, organ

29 March – Jacqueline Phillips, cello &

                        Jane Dixon-Wayne, flute

  5 April – Henry Manning, baritone, &

                        Chris Hopkins, piano

12 April – Alex Rolton, cello,

                        from the Royal Academy of Music

19 April – Graham Davies, organ

26 April – Jacqueline Phillips, cello

  3 May – The PAN Reed Trio,

                        from the Royal Academy of Music

10 May – The Brooke String Ensemble

17 May – Graham Davies, organ

24 May – Emily Andrews, flute &

                        Chris Hopkins, piano

31 May – Anna Tam, cello

  7 June – Claire Price, soprano,

                        Edita Durrant, mezzo-soprano, &

                        Graham Davies, organ & piano

14 June – Amy Jolly, cello, with accompanist,

                        from the Royal Academy of Music

21 June – Anthony Cairns, organ

28 June – The Brooke String Ensemble

  5 July – Emily Andrews, flute &

                                    David Massey, guitar

12 July – The Bassooniacs – four bassoons

19 July – John Belcher, organ

26 July – The Brooke String Ensemble

  2 August – Claire Price, soprano &

                        Graham Davies, organ & piano

  9 August – TBC

16 August – Graham Davies, organ

23 August – David Massey, classical guitar

30 August – The Brooke String Ensemble

  6 September – TBC

13 September – Students from the

                                    Royal Academy of Music

20 September – David Oldfield, organ

27 September – Students from the

                                    Royal Academy of Music

  4 October – Edita Durrant, mezzo-soprano & 

                                   Graham Davies, organ & piano

11 October – Atéa Wind Quintet,

                        from the Royal Academy of Music

Mole Valley Festival Concerts

18 October – Philip Bishop, trumpet &

                                    Graham Davies, organ

25 October – Emily Andrews, flute

  1 November – Henry Manning, baritone &

                                    Chris Hopkins, piano

  8 November – Alice Bishop, soprano &

                                    Matthew Rickard, piano

15 November – Graham Thorp, Organ

22 November -  Anna Tam, cello, with accompanist

29 November – Students from the

                                    Royal Academy of Music

THE LETHERHEAD INSTITUTE CELEBRATES 120 YEARS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IN 2012

The Letherhead Institute at the top of the High Street was built in 1892 and given to the people of Leatherhead by local benefactor Abraham Dixon of Cherkley Court. Next year sees the commemoration of 120 years providing educational, social and recreational facilities within this beautiful Victorian building.

Amazingly the Institute had already been there for 5 years when Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee and it will be bedecked again next year to mark the Diamond Jubilee of our own Queen Elizabeth II.

The festivities on 19 May will include an invitation for all the Leatherhead Community to come and see what’s inside the building; a special feature will be an exhibition including pictures and artefacts from 1897 - Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Year.

Do you have any Victorian memorabilia or photographs which you would be prepared to lend for the exhibition? We’d be delighted to hear from you at LCA2 AT btconnect DOT com or please write to:

The Administrator
Leatherhead Community Association
The Institute 67 High Street
Leatherhead KT22 8AH

Olympic Test Event Final Drop-In Session

Dear All

This is just a reminder that the final drop-in session for the Olympic Cycle race test event on Sunday 14 August is happening this Friday - 29th July at Park House in Leatherhead. The session runs from 3pm to 8pm and is an opportunity for anyone to pop in and ask questions about road closures, crowd management, footpaths, access or whatever is of interest/concern to residents and/or businesses. Representatives from the District Council (me!), the County Council, Transport for London and LOCOG should be there.

Please do encourage as many people as possible to come in and ask any questions they may have. For those who cannot make it, Surrey County Council have a dedicated website for the Olympic Games at www.gosurrey.info which contains a wealth of information and there is some more generic information, including information on how to volunteer for next year's races, on the District Council website. Please follow this link:

www.molevalley.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=10638

These pages will be updated and added to as we move forward towards the main events next year.

Kind regards

Louise Bircher
Customer Service and Communications Manager
Mole Valley District Council
Tel: 01306 879155

Tickets for Zig-Zag

Dear All

This is to let you know that Mole Valley District Council has been allocated 460 tickets for residents to watch the London-Surrey Cycle Classic from the coveted zig-zag area on Box Hill. We will be allocating a small number to Headley Court and the rest will be available for residents to apply for through a competition.

The competition goes live tomorrow at approximately 12 noon (possibly slightly earlier). It will be online at www.mole-valley.gov.uk and hard copy forms will be available at the Leatherhead HelpShop and Pippbrook reception. Terms and Conditions apply. The closing date is 12 noon on 27 July, after which time winners will be picked from all correct entries, where Terms and Conditions have been agreed to and contact details supplied.

Please encourage your residents to apply, as long as they are willing to commit to coming and recognise that it is a long walk from the station or a car park to the zig-zag area!

Kind regards

Louise


Louise Bircher
Customer Service and Communications Manager
Mole Valley District Council
Tel: 01306 879155
www.molevalley.gov.uk

Future "Transition" events

The following were to be included in our Spring Newsletter; unfortunately it has been delayed by two weeks, so while there's still time ....

Wednesday, March 16th: Transition Bookham meeting

7.30pm to 9.30pm at St Nicolas Church’s Pastoral Centre.
A talk on "Gardening for Bees" with a honey bee keeper speaker from Epsom.

Saturday 19th March: Compost Works Open Day

2.00pm - 5.30pm at 8 The Drive, Fetcham, KT22 9EN. Admission free. For more information visit www.compostworks.org.uk/news.htm

Hopefully, the Newsletter will be out in time for the next announcement, but just in case ....

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th March: Surrey Eco-house event

Action Surrey, an organisation set up by Woking Borough Council, is organising this event to inspire the public and homeowners to learn about energy saving measures and renewable technology from those who have already been there and done it.
Viewing a Surrey Green Home is free but booking is strictly required. Please visit www.actionsurrey.org/surreygreenhomes to find out more and book free tickets

Children’s Book Festival - 19 February - 12 March 2011

Received from Surrey CC .....

The second Surrey libraries’ Children’s Book Festival begins on Saturday 19 February and continues for 3 fun-filled weeks. 

An exciting programme of events for children of all ages will be taking place in libraries throughout Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead and Tandridge.

There is a fantastic opportunity to meet Darren Shan, the master of horror, at Bourne Hall, Ewell, on Friday 25 February.

Tony de Saulles, illustrator of the popular Horrible Science books, will be running Horrible Science drawing workshops, and manga fans will be able to develop their technique at our manga workshops run by best-selling cartoonist James Parsons.

Children will also be able to make pop-up books, write ghost stories, create their own monsters, join a Roald Dahl workshop, meet Elmer the Elephant and the Gruffalo, and much, much more.

To see the full programme, and to book tickets, visit www.surreycc.gov.uk/childrensbookfestival. Tickets can also be bought at participating libraries or by calling 01483 543599.

To avoid disappointment, please book your tickets in advance.

We look forward to seeing you at our festival events.

Surrey libraries - inspiring a lifelong love of reading.

SAFETY DAY

This day is now coming very near; we invite everyone and anyone to the day,

FRIDAY 2ND JULY 2010,

in LEATHERHEAD TOWN

between 10am and 3pm.

The main aim is to give everybody the opportunity to have a link with people who are employed or volunteer to help us in our community.

There are opportunities for people to get advice and help, for people to use this as an educational opportunity and for people to be entertained.

- Buchanan and Curwen are providing security advice along with building supplies promoting their useful security products.

- The RSPCA will be available doing free 'chipping' for dogs and cats.

- It’s an opportunity to get to know your local Surrey Police Officers who will be helping you with advice on crime reduction and local policing issues.

- Surrey Fire and Rescue will be showing you their fire pump and other fire fighting equipment. They will be promoting FREE SMOKE ALARM FITTINGS.

- Surrey Ambulance will also be attending promoting SAVE A LIFE SCHEME.

- Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinaters will be on hand to talk to you about the scheme and how we all work together striving for a safer borough. They will also promote THE NO COLD CALLING ZONE.

- Speed Watch are demonstrating the radar gun and looking for new volunteers to set up speed watch sites in the area.

- There are people coming from FORCETEN demonstrating their disability scooters.

- Trading Standards will be available to give you advice about new “NO COLD CALLING ZONES” and rogue traders, informing you of your rights when having work done in you homes.

Other partners attending are licensing authorities with Pub Watch, Children’s Services, Youth Intervention Officers, Citizens Advice, Samaritans, Homeless Charities, Mole Valley District Council, The Help Shop, Victim Support, and The National Trust, Community alarms, Consumer Direct, The Mole Valley animal Wardens and many more people.

There will be more than 35 stalls on the site this year.

PLEASE DO COME ALONG

Some dates for your diary

Saturday 26th June

Surrey LINK Open Day from 10.00 am –3.30 pm at Denbigh's Wine Estate
(The Surrey LINk [Local Involvement Network] aims to give residents a stronger voice in how their health and social care services are delivered. Membership is free and open to everybody)

Sunday 27th June

Leatherhead's annual Duck Race, from 2.00 pm on the River Mole by the town bridge

Saturday 3rd July

"The Big Tidy Up" at Teazle Wood, a woodland of historical interest behind Tesco's in north Leatherhead, from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm. Food and drink will be supplied throughout the day and there will be a BBQ and presentation after the event. Meet at Tesco's on the day.

Monday 5th July

Meeting of the LRA at 7.30 pm in the Leatherhead Institute
Police report, after which
Andrew Bircher (Corporate Head of Service, Planning at MVDC) will discuss the Council’s ideas and how we, the residents, can become involved in the future Leatherhead Town Centre, and of the High Street in particular.

Monday August 2nd

Meeting of the LRA at 7.30 pm in the Leatherhead Institute
Leatherhead Beekeeper, Graham Fyson shares his experiences in a presentation "BEES and BEEKEEPING" with a special photo display by Leatherhead nature photographer Jeremy Early

Halow Project Fundraising EventJune 18th

Our Treasurer has asked that this message from Jackie Cookson, one of our Road Stewards, be placed on our Blog:
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Hello Everyone,
 
Just want to let you all know about a forthcoming fundraising event for the Halow Project on the 18th June at Coverwood, Surrey........
 
We are very lucky to have Derek Paravicini performing for us, Derek is blind and autistic, but despite (or maybe because of) his learning disabilities is a musical genius, there is a lot of footage of him on YouTube, take a look, you'll be amazed!
 
Really hope you will be able to join us as I'm sure it will be a wonderful evening. I'd be really grateful if you would pass the information to everyone you think may be interested as we have a lot of tickets to sell, .......
 
Many thanks and please try and come. Bring a group of friends !
 
Jackie

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(There was, apparently, a flyer with the email, but I do not have a copy of. All the information, however, is on the web-site.)

A right Royal Evening with Penelope Keith

This coming Friday, 23rd April, Penelope Keith stars as Elizabeth I in the acclaimed Regina Monologues at Leatherhead Theatre to raise funds for Queen Elizabeth Foundation. Click here for details.

Discount is available for LRA members:

• seats at £10 (instead of £17) and the package
• premium seat, drink and party hosted by Penelope Keith - at £29. 50, a reduction of £10.

To get these discounts members need to ring the QEF for tickets on (01372) 841192 or 841127 and just state they are a member of the LRA.

Public Art Project in Early Stages in Leatherhead - Have your say

Contributions to 106 Developer Funds have resulted in a £49000 budget for a Public Art Project to be located in or near the Leatherhead Town Centre. In fact, this money can only be used for Public Art. However, a very inclusive description has been used in defining the end project. For example, not only can a statue or other aesthetically beautiful object qualify for consideration but the presentation of a beautiful combination of landscape design incorporating art, nature and street furniture would be appropriate. Projects that are both utilitarian and beautiful, stimulating, or evocative are under consideration.

Do you have any ideas for Public Art. Please contact Cheryl Allen, member of the Public Art Committee and representative of the LRA to the LAP.

Click here to email Cheryl or phone her on (0137)2 370 091.

The deadline for submissions is 19th March. Selected projects will be presented at two public forums:

• 21st April at Park House 4 to 8 p.m.
• 24th April in the Swan Centre

PUBLIC EXHIBITION

LEATHERHEAD CONSERVATION AREA

What is the future of the Leatherhead Conservation Area?
Should its boundaries change?
What is special and should be conserved?

We are having an

Open Day
On Saturday 16th January
From 10.00 am to 4.30 pm

View proposals from the draft Leatherhead Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan
and tell us what you think.
There will be opportunities to discuss proposals with Council staff and comment on the proposals

Come and see us at
The Library, The Letherhead Institute
67 High Street, Leatherhead

The draft document will be available to view on-line at www.molevalley.gov.uk and comments can be left on-line until Monday 8th February 2010

Support Polesden Lacey Shakespeare

A New Beginning

The works of Shakespeare have been performed, since 1951, in the Open Air Theatre at the National Trust property Polesden Lacey, near Bookham in Surrey. The theatre was created in the grounds of this country mansion through the work of the Bookham Community Association. Performances of Shakespeare’s plays have been part of the summer festival under the umbrella of the National Trust. A new company, Polesden Lacey Shakespeare, has been formed to carry on this tradition. The National Trust continues support for our future plans but we need to find extra funding to help us progress our activities.

This year we present ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on Saturdays 11th and 18th July and Sundays 12th and 19th July starting at 3pm. The production is directed and adapted by Margaret Hunter to make it accessible to all audience members young or old, with entertainment before and during the interval. Dorking Hall Box Office (01306 881717) have kindly agreed to act as our booking agency. Sale of tickets will commence on 2 April. Further information is available on www.polesden.co.uk.

What would we like you to do?

We have obtained an amount of funding but would of course welcome further support. A team of local professionals have been drawn together to prepare for the productions not only from the artistic but also the commercial point of view. We would like to grow the strength of Polesden Lacey Shakespeare to provide, in these idyllic surroundings, Shakespeare for audiences from the local community, London and the South East.

Last year the National Trust launched the Friends of Polesden Lacey Shakespeare. We have now taken it over from the Trust and are inviting public help to build the future of this much loved local tradition. We have taken over the website that was used for the festival and invite those interested in becoming a Friend to ring 01372 453638 or visit www.polesden.co.uk, for a joining form.

Whatever you choose to do, we do hope you will come and enjoy this enchanting play in the glorious surroundings of Polesden Lacey.

With all best wishes from
Margaret Hunter and Polesden Lacey Shakespeare