CR5 Issue 169 June 2019

June 2019 

TOYOTA C-HR DYNAMIC 

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Model shown is C-HR Dynamic 5 door Coupe FWD Hybrid 1.8 VVT-i Auto. Official fuel consumption figures in mpg (1/100km): 55.0 (5.1) 

– 57.6 (4.9). Combined CO2 86 g/km. Figures are provided for comparability purposes; only compare fuel consumption and CO2 figures 

with other cars tested to the same technical procedures. These figures may not reflect real life driving results. Fuel consumption and 

CO2 produced varies significantly depending on a number of factors, including the accessories fitted (post-registration), driving style, 

conditions, speed and vehicle load. All models and grades are certified according to the World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure 

(WLTP), which replaces the New European Driving Cycle test procedure (NEDC). All CO2 figures quoted are NEDC equivalent. This 

means the CO2 figures are based on the new WLTP test procedure but calculated (using a standard European calculation method) to 

allow comparison with the NEDC test procedure and will be used to calculate vehicle tax on first registration. All mpg figures quoted are 

full WLTP figures. More information can be found by visiting: www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/fcb/wltp.asp 

*Model shown is C-HR Dynamic 5 door Coupe FWD Hybrid 1.8 VVT-i Auto at £1,245 Advance Payment. Subject to availability. Available as part of 

the Motability Contract Hire Scheme. Please note that a total of 60,000 miles over three years are allowed on the Motability Contract Hire Scheme. 

Offer valid between 1st April 2019 and 30th June 2019. Motability Scheme vehicles are leased to customers by Motability Operations Limited 

(Registered Company No. 1373876), City Gate House, 22 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HB. To qualify you must be in receipt of the Higher 

Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the Enhanced Rate Mobility Component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the 

War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement (WPMS) or the Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) and applications must be made with participating 

dealers between 1st April 2019 and 30th June 2019. Prices are correct at time of print, are subject to availability and may change.

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Welcome to the June 2019 Issue 

CR5 is your local community magazine delivered FREE of charge every month to 

11,800 homes in Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Netherne, Hooley & Chipstead. 

Dear Reader 

The heady smell of blossom on 

my morning doggie walk is just 

lovely - a sign that the summer 

months are well on their way :-) 

A date for your diary - Fathers 

Day is on June 16th. 

Do remember to show your dad 

your appreciation for everything 

he has done for you over the 

years . It doesn’t have to be 

expensive either, bake a cake, 

breakfast in bed, a home-made 

card. Its the little thoughtful 

things that go a long way. 

With warmer weather on its 

way, you may be thinking of 

starting a new project in 2019 

-do remember that we have a 

wealth of local services in the 

CR5 Magazine. Why not have 

a look at our handy index on 

page 98 to find the services you 

require. 

Check out the local activities on 

our Community Pages (p90-97), 

If you are planning a local 

community event, please do 

make contact with CR5 to 

advertise free of charge on the 

Community Pages. 

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updates. You can also find more 

information on our website 

www.CR5.co.uk 

We hope you enjoy reading this 

months packed edition of CR5 

and we’ll see you again in July. 

Wishing you all a happy and 

healthy June. 

Lucy McAlpine 

Editor CR5 Magazine 

Telephone: 01737 557888 

Mobile: 07703 209292 

email: lucy@cr5.co.uk 

Published by CR5 Magazine, 

Hillside, Netherne Lane, 

Coulsdon, CR5 1NR 

Editor: Lucy McAlpine 

Assistant: Michelle Plant 

@CR5 Magazine 

Contents: 

Respect your elders 8 

Priory Farm Strawberry Fair & Food Festival 13 

Technology: Great Outdoors 16 

Animal Protection Trust 24 

The New Moon Rescue 24 

Old Coulsdon Village Fair 32 

Tales from Britain’s Food War Zones 36-37 

Chipstead Players present: The Children 39 

CR5 Recipe: Vegetable & Chilli Noodle Bowls 40 

CR5 Health: Clean Air Day 44-45 

CR5 recipe: Strawberry & Cream Eclairs 48 

CR5 Gardening: Houseplant Heaven 56 

Midsummer Meanings 60-61 

On the move 64 

Happy Fathers Day 72 

Major Upgrade Opportunity- Brighton Mainline 74 

Seventies Chic 76 

Rattan Revival 77 

Mortgages: Short-Term or Long-Term? 78-79 

Motoring: Driverless Cars Explained 80 

Croydon Food Festival 81 

CR5 Quiz: Last Lines 82 

CR5 Codeword 82 

Coulsdon Comrades Centenary 83 

Coulsdon Library 84 

More Story than History 85 

CR5 Kids Page 86 

Old Coulsdon Camera Club 87 

RSPB : Bird’s Eye View 87 

CR5 Just for Fun Crossword 88 

Trip Down Memory Lane 89 

Praying for the Government 89 

CR5 Community Pages 90-97 

Index of Advertisers 98 

We take the hassle out of advertising, giving you time to run your business. 

To advertise your business in the next issue, either call or email us for our CR5 media pack 

Deadline for artwork for July 2019 issue: 18th June 2019. Please note: Advertising Space cannot 

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Although every effort has been taken in compiling the contents, the publisher cannot be held responsible for 

errors, omissions or information supplied by its advertisers. CR5 is COPYRIGHT protected. No part of this 

publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior 

permission of the publisher.

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R e s p e c t y o u r E l d e r s 

If you have any large or established trees in your 

life, look on them as your greatest friends and 

love and nurture them whenever you can. So says 

Lucy Farndon, local tree enthusiast. 

At the start of 2019 STAG (the Sheffield Tree 

Action Group formed in 2015 to fight mass felling 

of Sheffield's street trees) won a reprieve for 

the 70% of trees left standing in their city, an 

important court case victory that highlighted the 

importance of mature trees not just in Sheffield, 

but in cities everywhere. It could be that London, 

particularly our corner of it, should now step 

up its game in protecting the nation’s greenest 

assets. 

On a recent Thameslink train journey from East 

Croydon to central London I was disturbed to 

note that at any one point in the journey I could 

count the healthy tree canopies visible on a single 

hand. Not only does this spell disaster for the 

birds, bees, bugs and butterflies of the capital but 

for the people living there too. London’s horribly 

toxic air needs all the natural filtration it can get. 

Add this shrinking tree stock to the disturbing 

amount of tree felling that seems to be taking 

place for housing development, as part of 

national rail’s campaign to clear the green paths 

that line their tracks and by individual householders 

striving for an ever more clean-cut and clinical 

appearance to their properties, and the quality 

and quantity of trees around London seems to be 

under a sustained attack. 

I am a South London/Surrey girl and for many 

decades took for granted the bounty of mature 

trees around me. But now I realise that the larger 

part of this green treasure was not the fine 

specimens of parks and public spaces but the 

street and garden trees forming groves, avenues 

and glades and softening boundary lines everywhere 

and it is these trees that are disappearing 

and/or deteriorating at a rapid rate. 

Here are just some of the assaults I 

have witnessed right on my doorstep: the 

dismembering of mature trees of every one of 

their main branches just as the year turns from 

Winter to Spring; severe pollarding of avenues of 

trees at the height of Summer, obliterating every 

bit of blessed green shade instantly depriving 

both residents and wildlife of any sanctuary from 

the hot sunshine; mass clearance of building 

plots, not just of trees but even the soil, 

presenting architects and builders with a 

simplistic and literal blank sheet while taking 

from that land every established bit of flora and 

fauna to the nth degree. 

Recent studies have confirmed that trees do more 

than provide shade and beauty to our parks and 

gardens. They clean and cool the air, naturally 

reducing ground temperatures and catching 

pollutants in the tiny pockets of their leaves. 

While a tunnel of trees can trap and concentrate 

polluted roads, ‘tredges’ , tall mixed hedges of 

trees can greatly mop up road pollution and stop 

it spreading to the surrounding neighbourhood. 

While universities study the efficacy of various 

tree types and the ways in which they can most 

usefully help us to clean up our environment, it 

does not take science to know that trees are our 

friends and allies and if there is to be any hope for 

any of us, there must be hope for the trees. 

If you have a tree near you, please love it and look 

after it. Lucy Farndon, Coulsdon Resident 

A very ancient and protected plane 

tree, one of many special trees on the 

Ashbourne Estate, Coulsdon 

Spring pruning, damning and 

unsightly. 

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Great Outdoors 

Technology for long summer nights 

The combination 

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nice weather means 

it’s time to head 

outdoors – and 

technology can help 

make the outdoors 

even greater and 

the light nights even 

brighter. 

Thanks to Bluetooth 

speakers, your 

music can go 

outside with you, 

but it’s wise to get a 

waterproof one just 

in case. We really 

like Denon’s DSB- 

250BT, which has 

really high-quality 

music streaming 

and great sound. 

It’s pricier than some rival devices at around 

£129, but it looks good indoors as well as out. 

For something a bit more portable to take to 

the beach or hotel pool, the UE Wonderboom 

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ring so you can listen to it in the water. 

Another great gadget for outdoor 

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for hours of illumination. We’d recommend 

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more yellow cast than the traditional blue 

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to incandescent bulbs, whereas bright white 

ones look a bit like car headlights. Expect to 

pay around £2 for a single LED post, rising to 

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for a solar lamppost. 

If you’d rather have something brighter 

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Tales from Britain’s 

food war’ zones 

Many Brits – perhaps hoping 

for a repeat of last summer’s 

heatwave – have decided 

against travelling abroad this 

year. 

Of course, it’s great news 

for our home-grown tourist 

industry, and if you’re planning 

to take your annual holiday in 

Britain this summer, you might 

be looking forward to the 

opportunity to sample local 

brews, cheeses, cakes and 

puddings on your trip. 

Locally sourced foods are 

very much in vogue at the 

moment, but before you tuck 

in to all that delicious produce 

you should be aware of the 

strong emotions a well-loved 

local dish can inspire. Say the 

wrong thing about a regional 

speciality in some parts of 

the UK and you could end up 

starting a riot. 

Cream tea and pasty wars 

As you enjoy the gentle, rolling 

hills and gorgeous coastal 

scenery of the West Country, 

you’d be forgiven for thinking 

this was a place of harmony 

and contentment. While it’s 

true that the people of Devon 

and Cornwall are generally a 

peaceable lot, you could find 

some serious anger issues 

lurking behind those pictureperfect 

thatched cottages and 

sun-bleached beach huts. 

In 2018, the National 

Trust was accused of 

cultural vandalism 

Believe it or not, one of the 

main causes of strife between 

Devon and Cornwall is the 

innocent cream tea: that 

heavenly mixture of freshlybaked 

scone, home-made jam 

and clotted cream particularly 

loved by tourists. Ask a native 

Devonian to eat a cream tea 

and she or he will split the 

scone, pile clotted cream onto 

each half then add a dollop of 

jam on top of the cream. Serve 

someone from Cornwall the 

same teatime treat and they 

will split the scone, spoon on 

some jam and finally spread 

the cream on top of the jam. 

Residents of both counties 

insist that their version 

is right and are may be 

offended by any suggestion 

that the method practised 

by the neighbouring county 

is somehow better. Last 

year a National Trust poster 

designed to attract Mother’s 

Day visitors to Lanhydrock 

House in Cornwall caused 

outrage amongst locals 

(including accusations of 

“cultural vandalism”) when it 

used a photo of a cream tea 

with the jam on top of the 

cream. In response, locals 

threatened to boycott the 

National Trust property, while 

one indignant Facebook 

member commented: “There 

are some things you don’t do 

National Trust, and putting 

a picture of a DEVON cream 

tea for a CORNISH cream tea 

event is disgusting.” 

Even the humble Cornish 

pasty has caused its fair share 

of discord, as historians have 

suggested that the snack 

was actually invented in 

Devon. Their claim rests on a 

document dating back to the 

early 16th century, which lists 

a cook’s wages for baking 

pasties served at a civic event 

in Plymouth. More recently 

food historian Peter Brears 

has suggested that the pasty 

known today as a ‘traditional’ 

Cornish pasty was actually 

invented in London. Brears 

claims that the capital’s 19th 

century bakers re-imagined 

the recipe to produce “an 

economical savoury nibble 

for polite middle-class 

Victorians.” This was achieved 

by shrinking down the huge, 

vegetarian pasties enjoyed by 


Cornish miners to bite-sized 

portions, filled with meat and 

potato. 

Shape-shifting sausages 

Ask any traditionally-minded 

Scot what shape a sausage 

should be, and the answer 

is likely to be “square”. The 

‘Lorne sausage’, ‘slice’ or 

‘square sausage’ is a tasty 

mixture of minced meat, rusk 

and spices, served as part of a 

traditional Scottish breakfast. 

The ongoing culinary debate 

in Scotland is not, as you 

might expect, about whether 

a sausage should be square 

or cylindrical, it’s about what 

it should be called. In 2016 a 

Scot called Andy O’Donnell 

went so far as to create a 

Facebook page dedicated to 

the name ‘slice’ (to describe 

the square sausage). The page 

now boasts 188 members who 

regularly post photos and 

tongue-in-cheek comments 

about the appropriate name 

for their favourite breakfast 

ingredient. 

Whose tart is it anyway? 

Visit any self-respecting bakery 

or tearoom in the pretty town 

of Bakewell in Derbyshire and 

you’re certain to be offered the 

sweet treat that is Bakewell 

Tart. This confection of jam, 

frangipane and flaked almonds 

inside a shortcrust pastry 

shell is a variant of the town’s 

famous dessert, the Bakewell 

Pudding. 

Bakewell’s residents may be 

proud of their local speciality, 

but there is no evidence 

to suggest that the recipe 

actually originated in the town. 

To make matters worse, a rival 

tart was discovered in 2013, 

when Gloucestershire’s council 

leader Paul James came across 

an old recipe for ‘Gloucester 

Tart’ – with almost identical 

ingredients – in a local history 

book. The discovery prompted 

Gloucester’s local media to 

gleefully exclaim: “Gloucester 

Tart revived – and it’s better 

than the Bakewell!” 

So before you set off on your 

summer break, you might be 

advised to brush up on your 

diplomatic skills, but get ready 

to run if you inadvertently mix 

up your tarts, call a ‘slice’ a 

‘Lorne sausage’ or – heaven 

forbid – spread your scone the 

wrong way. To be on the safe 

side, maybe you should pack 

some protective armour along 

with the suntan lotion and flip 

flops… 

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Vegetable and Chilli 

Noodle Bowls 

This is a quick vegetarian 

supper packed with 

flavour! Soba noodles are 

Oriental noodles made 

from buckwheat flour. 

You’ll find them in most 

large supermarkets but if 

unavailable, use egg or 

rice noodles instead. 

Ingredients 

1 tbsp vegetable oil 

1 onion, finely chopped 

2 garlic cloves, crushed 

2 tsp grated root ginger 

1 red chilli pepper, deseeded 

and finely chopped 

2 carrots, peeled and diced 

½ aubergine, diced 

1 small courgette, diced 

1 red pepper, deseeded and 

diced 

1 yellow pepper, deseeded 

and diced 

300ml hot vegetable stock 

1 tbsp soy sauce 

1 tsp sesame oil 

250g pack soba noodles 

1-2 tsp sesame seeds 

Coriander sprigs, to garnish 

Ready in: 30 minutes | Serves 4 

Heat the vegetable oil in a large deep frying pan over a 

medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli 

and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes until tender and fragrant. 

Add the carrots, aubergine, courgette and peppers and fry 

over a medium heat for 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently. Pour 

in the stock and simmer for a further 3-4 minutes until the 

vegetables are just tender. 

Meanwhile, cook the noodles according to the pack 

instructions. Drain well and toss into the vegetables along 

with the soy sauce and sesame oil. Divide between four 

warmed bowls and served sprinkled with sesame seeds and 

garnished with coriander sprigs. 

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Clean Air Day, an annual event 

coordinated by Global Action 

Plan, takes place on Thursday 

20th June. The campaign’s 

message for this year is that we 

all need to work together to 

reduce pollution, and that small 

steps make a difference. 

“Air pollution affects you from 

your first breath to your last, 

as the damage to our health 

can start when we’re a baby 

and carry on through into old 

age,” says this year’s mission 

statement – although experts 

now know pollution can damage 

our children’s health before their 

first breath. 

In the UK, 40,000 deaths a year 

are attributed to outdoor air 

pollution, and the illnesses it 

causes costs around £20 billion 

every year. There are also more 

deaths and costs attributed to 

indoor pollutants like badlyventilated 

open fires and stoves, 

radon and second-hand cigarette 

smoke. 

The health effects of pollution: 

On adults 

• Air pollution causes coughs 

and increased phlegm and 

increases your risk of getting 

lung cancer, contributing to 

around 1 in 13 cases. It also 

reduces lung function, which 

in turn increases risk for 

Clean Air Day 

COPD (chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease). 

• Long-term exposure to 

pollution is linked to a number 

of cardiovascular diseases, 

such as coronary heart 

disease and furring of the 

arteries. It increases the risk 

of death from cardiac and 

respiratory causes, especially 

among people with preexisting 

cardiac or respiratory 

conditions. 

Air pollution can 

affect lung function 

and development in 

unborn babies. 

• Researchers found that people 

living in areas experiencing 

levels of nitrogen dioxide 

pollution in the top 20% were 

40% more likely to have been 

diagnosed with dementia than 

those in areas with levels in 

the lowest 20%. They seem 

to be at increased risk of 

‘silent stroke’ – small areas 

of damage caused by lack of 

oxygen to the brain tissue, but 

not severe enough to cause 

obvious symptoms. These 

silent strokes may be a sign of 

blood vessel disease, linked 

to increased risk of vascular 

dementia. 

Whilst more specific research 

needs to be done, experts 

inside and outside the NHS 

acknowledge an association 

between pollution and the 

neurological changes and 

decline linked to dementia. 

• Pollution increases the risk 

of bladder cancer and Type 2 

diabetes. 

On children 

The effects of pollution on 

children are more serious, 

because their organs and 

immune system are still 

developing. This, and their 

smaller mass, makes them 

particularly vulnerable. 

• Air pollution can damage 

your baby in the womb, 

affecting their lung function 

and development. High air 

pollution is linked to low birth 

weight and premature births. 

• Exposure to air pollution 

can cause more coughs and 

bronchitis, and also increases 

your child’s risk of getting 

bacterial pneumonia. 

• Pollution may play a part 

in causing asthma in some 

children and evidence 

shows it can worsen asthma 

symptoms. Long-term effects, 

severity and mortality rates 

increase with the length of 

exposure and higher pollution 

levels. 

Reducing pollution indoors 

• Open your window when 

cleaning, cooking, burning 

candles or decorating. 

• Only burn smokeless fuels 

or dry, well-seasoned wood 

on your barbecue or stove. 

The smoke from wood is 

carcinogenic (cancer-causing). 

Make sure chimneys and flues 

are clean and ventilate rooms. 

Buy a Defra-approved stove, 

use authorised fuel, and only 

light it when really necessary. 


• Have your gas boiler serviced 

regularly and any suspected 

gas leaks or faults in appliances 

or pipes checked urgently. 

• Use fragrance-free or naturallyscented 

products, switch to 

milder or eco-friendly cleaning 

products and avoid aerosols. 

• Don’t smoke indoors, even 

when alone. Third-hand smoke 

is a problem too. 

Reducing and avoiding pollution 

outdoors 

• Walk, cycle and take public 

transport when you can. It’s 

better for the environment 

and you – car drivers can be 

exposed to twice as much air 

pollution as pedestrians and 

nine times more than a cyclist. 

If walking, cycling or public 

transport aren’t options for 

your commute, consider carsharing 

or days working from 

home, if possible. 

• Turn off your car’s engine 

when stationary e.g. waiting 

at a rail crossing, and if you’re 

stuck in traffic, turn on the air 

conditioning to reduce the 

pollution entering your car. 

Use it sparingly though, as the 

resulting carbon dioxide buildup 

can cause drowsiness. 

• Keeping car tyres inflated, 

driving efficiently and having 

your car serviced regularly can 

all help save fuel and reduce 

pollution, as can choosing a 

hybrid or electric car. 

• Use quieter backstreets and 

footpaths or cycle paths as 

much as you can when out 

and about. Using quieter 

streets can reduce exposure to 

pollution by 20%. 

• If you have children, consider 

walking bus or car share 

schemes to eliminate the 

problem of children dropped 

off at school by car because 

parents are on their way to 

work. 

• Delivery vans increase 

congestion and pollution and 

some workplaces say that 

half their post is now personal 

deliveries. If possible, choose 

a delivery day or time when 

you’re at home, have parcels 

delivered to a neighbour or 

specified safe place, or use a 

click-and collect service in a 

less-congested place. 

• If your council doesn’t collect 

your garden waste, compost 

it or take it to a recycling plant 

yourself rather than burning it. 

For your sake, your children’s 

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Strawberry & Cream Eclairs 

Filled with sweetened whipped cream and fresh strawberries, these dainty pastries 

make a great treat for afternoon tea or can be served as a delicious summer dessert. 

Swap the strawberries for fresh raspberries or blueberries, if liked. 

Ready in: 50 minutes, plus cooling | Makes 8 

Ingredients 

50g butter, chilled 

and diced 

65g plain flour, 

sifted 

2 medium eggs, 

lightly beaten 

300ml double 

cream 

1 tbsp icing sugar, 

plus extra for 

dusting 

150g small 

strawberries 

Place the butter and 150ml cold water in a small pan and heat gently until the 

butter melts. Bring the mixture to a rapid boil then quickly remove from the 

heat and add all the flour. Beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon until the 

mixture comes away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball. Leave to cool 

for 3-4 minutes. 

Preheat the oven to 220C, fan 200C, gas mark 7. Line a large baking sheet with 

baking paper. Beat the eggs into the mixture, a little at a time, until smooth and 

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Pipe 8 x 10cm lengths, spaced well apart, onto the baking sheet. 

Bake for 12-15 mins until the eclairs are well risen and golden. Remove from the 

oven, pierce each eclair with the tip of a small knife and return to the oven for 

2-3 minutes. This allows the steam to escape and dries out the centres of each 

eclair. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely. 

Whip the cream and icing sugar in a bowl until softly peaking. Spoon into 

a large piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle. Hull and slice most of the 

strawberries (reserving four for decoration). 

Halve each eclair and fill with the cream then top with sliced strawberries. 

Sandwich back together and dust with icing sugar. Decorate each one with a 

swirl of piped cream and a reserved strawberry. 

TIP 

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Houseplant Heaven 

Houseplants will have supplied 

you with some lovely greenery 

during the gloomier months, but 

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some pampering. Quite often 

houseplants get very lacklustre 

and miserable over the winter 

and spring, so start by checking 

them over thoroughly. Remove 

and dispose of any that are heavily 

infested with pests or infected by 

diseases. Although it is sometimes 

possible to control these sorts 

of problems, unless the plant is 

of extreme sentimental value, 

it is rarely worth all the effort – 

particularly as you may still not be 

completely successful. Once done, 

continue as follows… 

• Carefully pick over remaining 

plants, removing dead, damaged 

or discoloured leaves. If the leaf 

stems are quite tough then use 

a good sharp pair of scissors 

for this job or invest in a pair 

of special ‘snips’ or miniature 

secateurs – whatever you use, 

they must be really sharp. 

• Houseplants usually respond 

well if repotted in late spring or 

very early summer, so if yours 

are pot-bound do this now. 

Check by carefully removing 

the plant from its pot and take 

a look at the root system. If it 

is really quite congested in the 

pot, then in most cases this 

means it is time for it to move 

house. 

• When repotting, only move the 

plants up one pot size and use 

compost as similar as possible to 

the compost in which they are 

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Plants that 

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poor drainage, so do make sure 

that the compost is free-draining 

and always add crocks at the 

base of the pot. Consider adding 

additional grit or perlite to 

improve drainage. 

• Once the plants have been 

repotted, place them in a cool, 

relatively stress-free environment 

for a week or two and avoid 

putting them in hot or direct 

bright sunlight. Keep them 

adequately but not over-watered 

and the roots will soon start to 

move into the new compost. 

• Once they are happy in their new 

pot, give them a bit of a bath. 

Well-moistened kitchen roll or 

cotton wool can be used to wipe 

the leaves clean. Many of the 

more glossy-leaved houseplants 

respond well to an application of 

leaf shine, but always check that 

the plants you have will enjoy 

this treatment, as some respond 

badly. 

• When did you last feed your 

houseplants? It is easy to forget 

them when you are busy thinking 

about other plant-related jobs. 

Houseplants do require regular 

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• Don’t place plants in too sunny 

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The month of Wimbledon and 

Father’s Day; synonymous 

with freshly mown grass, 

the first Pimms and a sudden 

abundance of flowers, 

we welcome June as the 

beginning of summer. 

In Anglo-Saxon times, June 

was known as midsummer 

month or sera monath, 

meaning ‘dry month’. It also 

brought with it the big pagan 

celebration of the summer 

solstice – the longest day 

of the year in the Northern 

Hemisphere. 

The longest day can occur 

on 20th, 21st or 22nd June, 

depending on when the 

sun is at its northernmost 

point in the Tropic of Cancer. 

However, as is the case with 

this year, it most commonly 

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of daylight, known as the 

midnight sun. Meanwhile in 

the Southern Hemisphere, 

1st June is the official start 

of winter and the Antarctic 

Circle experiences 24 hours of 

darkness. 

Summer solstice is 

the longest day of the 

year in the Northern 

Hemisphere 

It was the Romans who were 

responsible for giving the 

sixth month in their Roman 

and our Gregorian calendar 

its current name. Jun(e) is 

believed to be a shortened 

version of Iunius or Junius 

(the capital ‘J’ only came 

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written letter from ‘I’ during 

the 14th century – before this 

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Junius is Latin for ‘sacred 

to Juno’. In Roman religion 

Juno was the wife of Jupiter 

and patron goddess of The 

Pantheon in Rome. She was 

also the Roman goddess 

of marriage and childbirth. 

The blessing she was said to 

bestow on couples who marry 

during this month has meant 

that June weddings remain 

popular to this day. 

Juno was attended by her 

companion bird, a peacock, 

and her messenger Iris, the 

hem of whose colourful robe 

would sometimes be glimpsed 

in the sky as a rainbow. 

In early Roman times, June had 

29 days, but Emperor Julius 

Caesar added an extra day, 

making it 30 days long, but still 

a day shorter than most of the 

other months of the year. 

People born in June are said to 

be ruled by the planet Mercury, 

which represents youth. They 

come under the zodiac signs 

of either vivacious, optimistic 

Gemini (the twins) or loyal, 

stability-loving Cancer (the 

crab). 

Scientific studies have claimed 

that June babies tend to be 

physically stronger and suffer 

less with mental illnesses than 

those born in any other month. 

June has three birthstones: the 

pearl, said to stand for faith 

and purity of heart; moonstone 

for intuition, balance and new 

beginnings; and the more 

obscure alexandrite, which is 

supposed to bring health and 

longevity. 

The birth flowers for this 

month are the sweet-smelling 

rose, which in the traditional 

language of flowers represents 

romance and love, and the 

honeysuckle, whose meaning is 

fidelity and devotion. 

There is a saying in folklore 

that in June, summer doesn’t 

begin until the elderflower is in 

blossom. 


As well as the summer 

solstice, other festivals that 

take place in June include 

well-dressing, where natural 

springs are honoured with 

elaborate decorations that 

include intricate mosaic-like 

pictures made using flowers, 

grasses, moss, seeds, bark 

and berries. Well-dressing is 

particularly popular across 

Derbyshire. 

The many significant historical 

events that have happened 

in the month of June include 

the signing of the Magna 

Carta on 15th June 1215, and 

the original Globe Theatre 

being destroyed by fire on 

29th June 1613 after a cannon 

was let off to announce the 

arrival of the king’s entrance in 

Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. 

The infamous Battle of 

Waterloo took place on 18th 

June 1815 and just over a 

decade later, 10th June 1829 

saw the inaugural Oxford 

versus Cambridge boat race 

(Oxford won). 

In June 1946, the first BBC 

television licenses were 

issued, costing £2. The 

Queen’s coronation took place 

on 2nd June 1953. It is also the 

month of her official birthday 

and the well-known Trooping 

of the Colour ceremony. 

Coincidentally, Queen Victoria, 

up until recently Britain’s 

longest reigning monarch, was 

also crowned in June, on 28th 

in 1838. 

D-Day, codenamed Operation 

Overlord, happened on 6th 

June 1944. 

The month of June has long 

fascinated poets, artists and 

lyricists from Shakespeare 

to Rogers and Hammerstein. 

‘Flaming June’ is a famous 

painting by Lord Frederick 

Leighton completed in 1895. 

Scottish poet Robert Burns 

also paid homage to the 

month in the first lines of his 

well-known poem ‘A Red Red 

Rose’. And there is no end of 

romantic ballads out there 

rhyming ‘June’ with ‘moon’. 

Believe it or not, June was a 

popular name for both boys 

and girls in the first part of 

the 20th century but over the 

last 40-50 years has declined 

in favour in the UK. However, 

June has enjoyed a resurgence 

as a favourite girls’ name 

in the USA during the past 

decade. 

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On the Move 

At the time of writing this I am in the eye of 

the storm; I have exchanged contracts on a 

sale of my house and the purchase of my 

new house but completion is still a week 

away. It is an exciting but unsettling time as 

I pack up the last twelve years of my life and 

prepare for a new adventure. Not that I am 

moving far, of course! I love the area with 

the amenities that its proximity to London 

provides whilst enjoying the peace and 

tranquillity of the surrounding countryside. 

I have spent a lot of time (and, 

inevitably, a fair amount of money) on my 

current house, updating and improving it 

and decorating it to my taste. Now I start 

that journey again in a new property which 

is both a wonderful challenge and also a 

daunting task! 

I was thinking recently how our 

lives can often be like a house – there are the 

parts open to anyone to see – the frontage. 

There are the parts we share with our friends 

– perhaps the lounge and dining room and 

then there are the parts that we keep private 

and share perhaps only with those closest 

to us. 

For years I neglected decorating 

my bedroom whilst I focussed all my 

attention on the common-parts of the house. 

Whilst my living room was smartly decorated 

my bedroom had an unpainted wall with 

peeling lining-paper. Having people over and 

using my home was really important to me 

whereas the part of the house only I used 

seemed far less significant. Looking back 

(with a room I finally decorated) it maybe 

said more about me than I realised. 

It is all too easy to paper over the cracks 

rather than to deal with underlying issues or 

to focus on the outward appearance rather 

than what is going on inside. Perhaps we 

neglect areas of our lives because we don’t 

feel we are worth the effort. 

You might want to take a moment 

to reflect on your ‘house’. Are you giving 

attention to the parts that need it, seeking 

help where appropriate? 

I believe God wants to be involved in every 

room – to bring about change and healing – 

because He loves you and cares about all the 

parts of your life, not just the parts you let 

others see. 

Have a great month. 

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Major Upgrade Opportunity – Brighton Mainline 

By Chris Philp 

Member of Parliament for Croydon South 

The Brighton Mainline, running from London to Brighton through our neighbourhood, 

is one of the busiest in the country carrying over 300,000 passengers each day. 

Approximately half of all delays on Brighton Main Line trains are caused by track and 

infrastructure failure. This includes problems with the track bed, points and signalling 

breakdowns. Although things are improving for passengers, it’s important that we take 

long-term measures to prevent a repeat of the dire levels of service that we have had to 

endure in the recent past. 

Towards the end of 2016, when the strikes from the RMT and Aslef unions were at their worst, 

I led a delegation of MPs to see the Prime Minister which led to a £300m programme of works 

to upgrade the infrastructure (for example, fixing points and signals). 

Work has already been underway to improve the service. The appointment of Chris Gibb to 

oversee improvements led to the creation of rapid response teams, whose job it is to 

proactively fix faults to the track and signal systems before they can cause disruption to 

passengers. 

Without this work the line would continue to degrade, and there would be an increase in 

delays and unreliability in services. However, with these improvements, there will be better 

performance, greater reliability in services, and fewer delays and cancellations. 

But the line is nonetheless running at 99% capacity, which means any small problem creates 

wider disruption and rush-hour trains are often over-crowded. It has been underfunded by 

successive governments. The line was built by the Victorians and is in dire need of an upgrade. 

We need to create more capacity. 

The bottleneck for the whole network is around East Croydon station – Network Rail describe 

it “the most challenging bottleneck on Britain’s Railway Network.” Services converge from 

across Surrey, Sussex and parts of Hampshire through East Croydon, before diverging to 

Victoria, London Bridge and Blackfriars. The Windmill Junction, near Selhurst, is also a 

bottleneck. You will have noticed southbound trains often pause for a few minutes near 

Selhurst while they wait for this junction to clear. 

I have therefore been campaigning for the Government to provide around £2 billion to fix 

this bottleneck. This project would entail expanding East Croydon from 6 to 8 platforms and 

widening the track in the vicinity. It would also involve grade separating Windmill junction. 

Not only would this prevent a lot of delays, but it would allow for more 

services to run, 

increasing capacity by 30%. 

The funding still needs to be finally signed off, but I will be pressing hard 

to make sure that this happens. This would be one be one of the biggest 

rail infrastructure upgrade projects in the country. 

I will keep you updated. 



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Seventies Chic 

Get your groove on – it’s 

back to the Seventies! But 

this time around orange pine 

and avocado bathrooms are 

banned, in favour of goodlooking 

furnishings, bold 

patterns and cool accessories. 

Seventies style is all about 

attitude. Bright and bold, it’s 

easy to introduce, often quite 

affordable and, because the 

furnishings are so striking, less 

is definitely more – a handful 

of well-chosen pieces can be 

carefully integrated into a 

modern scheme, adding an ontrend 

edge without becoming 

overpowering. 

Start with the distinctive 

Seventies colour palette – in 

general colours were quite 

earthy and muddy, from 

mustard and ochre to camel, 

olive and chocolate. 

Seventies colours were quite 

earthy and muddy, from 

mustard and ochre to camel, 

olive and chocolate 

Like the patterns of the time 

– geometrics such as circles 

within squares, paisleys and 

simple florals – these strong 

shades are best employed in 

Lava Lamps Edward Craven-Walker (1918-2000) was a 

great British inventor, entrepreneur and eccentric. The story goes 

that he was in a pub one night when he noticed a peculiar egg 

timer, made from a cocktail shaker, old tins and wax, and filled with 

liquid. Fascinated, he bought the contraption and decided to try to 

improve on its design. It took 15 years, but in 1963 the Astro Lamp was 

launched and became an instant hit, appearing in TV programmes 

including The Prisoner, Doctor Who and The Avengers. Lava lamps 

came in a range of designs, and were ubiquitous until the late 

Seventies and Eighties; they were revived in the Nineties and have 

since become popular again – a retro classic that’s perfectly suited to 

a 21st century lifestyle. 

small doses, mitigated by pale 

or neutral backgrounds. Think 

small touches such as a cushion 

or two, a drum lampshade, 

some glassware and ceramics 

and a framed poster on your 

wall, for example. 

Typical of this decade is 

an element of comforting 

homespun, home-made style, 

hence the prevalence of 

handicrafts such as patchwork, 

weaving and macramé. Why 

not take a course, or teach 

yourself from books or online 

videos, and make your own, 

personalised pieces? Failing 

that, Etsy, Folksy and other 

online marketplaces have 

beautiful (and affordable) craft 

pieces. 

Include some wooden and, 

especially, rattan furnishings 

in the form of blocky furniture 

made of pine or covered in 

velvet or corduroy, and cane 

elements such as headboards, 

mirror frames and baskets. 

Try car boot sales, auctions or 

charity shops, though choose 

better quality items to create 

the right impression. A creamcoloured 

shagpile rug is another 

option and can be subtly 

updated with a Berber-style 

criss-cross pattern. 

Houseplants are important, 

and the bigger the better – no 

Seventies home was complete 

without a Swiss cheese 

plant and a spider plant in a 

handmade hanger. Complete 

the mix with some rustic 

kitchenware, a touch of vintage 

Laura Ashley, and perhaps even 

a beanbag or Moroccan pouffe. 

By Katherine Sorrell 

Image: Made to measure Seventies 

Flower Oval roman blinds by Orla Kiely, 

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Rattan Revival 

Light weight yet strong and durable, 

rattan is a versatile material that can 

be used indoors and out for a variety 

of furnishings, adding pretty natural 

texture and a charmingly retro vibe. 

Sit back and relax on this 

iconically styled rocking 

chair that’s inspired by ‘50s 

and ‘60s interiors. Monet 

rocking chair by Sika, £515, 

Cuckooland. 

Head right back to 

the ‘70s with a rattan 

headboard, £335, Out 

There Interiors. 

• Rattan looks right at home in the garden or on 

the patio, but think out of the box and introduce 

accents of rattan to indoor areas, too. A simple 

basket here and there is the obvious choice, but 

modern furniture designers are also incorporating 

rattan into light fittings, tables, picture and mirror 

frames, headboards and more, so the possibilities 

are truly exciting. 

• Chunky rattan has a distinctively tropical, retro look 

(match with palm prints to go all out), but to keep 

things modern look for more delicate pieces and 

use sparingly as an accent, combined with minimal, 

contemporary furnishings and on-trend accessories. 

Rattan is right at home outdoors, and these 

armchairs are super-comfy. Whitcombe teak 

table, £1,200, and Hampstead chairs, £290 for 

a pair, all Garden Trading. 

Put your favourite 

houseplant on 

display in a tapered 

round basket with 

natural tones and an 

intertwined binding 

design. Rattan 

basket, £60 

Cox & Cox. 

Divide an open-plan 

space or create a private 

corner with this threepanel 

screen that’s 

crafted from rattan with 

a solid cane frame and 

fine webbing to the 

surface. Rattan webbing 

screen, £275, Cox & Cox. 

A dramatic shape and a pretty colour 

and texture give this pendant plenty of 

interest. Rattan hanging lamp, £225, Out 

There Interiors. 

How to Decorate With Rattan 

This oval looped 

mirror would make a 

striking feature in a 

hall, bedroom or living 

room. Rattan looped 

mirror, £125, 

Cox & Cox. 

• Go hygge with rattan. A simple room scheme with 

a white or pale background and subtle mix of 

textures – including, for example, rattan, stone, 

wool, ceramic, sisal and wood – is timeless, calm, 

and very easy to live with. 

• Choose sustainable rattan. According to the WWF, 

rattan is a naturally renewable palm, but the way 

in which it is harvested and processed needs to 

improve in order to secure the supply in the long 

term. Look for rattan that has Fair Trade or Forest 

Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. 


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Mortgages: Short-term or long-term 

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by 

the sheer number of mortgage 

products available, and the 

trend towards offering nontraditional 

mortgage terms 

doesn’t help when you’re 

trying to decide which loan is 

best. 

Banks and building societies 

are increasingly offering 

longer-term mortgages lasting 

30 or 40 years alongside the 

‘standard’ 25-year term with 

which many of us are familiar. 

Shorter-term mortgages of 15 

years or so are also available, 

so what are the pros and cons 

of short-term and long-term 

mortgages, and which might 

be better for you? 

SHORT-TERM MORTGAGES 

A mortgage is likely to be the 

biggest financial commitment 

of your life, so you need to 

make sure you’ve considered 

all the potential problems and 

issues that might arise. The 

higher monthly repayments 

on a shorter-term mortgage 

do expose you to a greater 

risk of default, but there are 

also many advantages to be 

enjoyed. 

Choosing a shorter-term 

mortgage of 15 years or less 

means you pay off the loan 

much quicker than many 

people do, but you also have 

to consider the cost to you, not 

only in direct financial terms 

but also in the quality of your 

life and the potential stresses 

of repaying higher amounts. 

Younger applicants 

might be able to 

obtain a 35-year 

plus mortgage 

Why choose a short-term 

mortgage? 

Short-term mortgages have 

higher monthly repayments, 

but you’ll pay considerably less 

interest overall. If you’re able 

to put down a large deposit, 

you don’t need to borrow as 

much money, which is just one 

instance where short-term 

mortgages might be a good 

idea. 

An additional advantage is 

that, if you’ve been able to 

repay your mortgage sooner 

than later, the equity in your 

property will also grow faster. 

The initial consideration if 

you’re thinking about a shortterm 

mortgage, however, 

is whether you can keep up 

repayments over this period. 

Can you afford a short-term 

mortgage? 

Your monthly budget will 

dictate whether it’s possible 

to repay your mortgage 

over a shorter period of time 

than the standard term, but 

you need to be very careful 

not to overstretch yourself 

financially. 

Also bear in mind the 

potential interest rate rises 

in the future, particularly 

considering the low rates 

we’ve enjoyed for more than 

a decade. In other words, the 

only direction interest rates 

are likely to go is up. 

Responsible lending practices 

for mortgages 

Mortgage lending practices 

have been strictly controlled 

since the global financial 

crisis of 2007, and your ability 

to repay should be carefully 

scrutinised by each lender. 

They’ll look at your regular 

outgoings and are unlikely to 

grant your application if they 

feel you’re a risk of default. 

If you’re tempted by a 

shorter-term mortgage and 

earn the income to afford 

the repayments, it might also 

be worthwhile considering 

mortgage payment 

protection insurance (MPPI) 

to cover your repayments for 

a fixed time if you fall ill or 

lose your job. 

Are there any alternatives to 

a short-term mortgage? 

Instead of making high 

payments to your mortgage 

every month, it may be 

worthwhile looking into 

mortgage products that allow 

you to make overpayments 

as and when you can afford 

it. It takes off the pressure of 

having to consistently meet 

high repayments, and allows 

a little flexibility that can 

take years off your overall 

mortgage term. 


So although 25 years has long 

been the ‘standard’ term for 

a mortgage, what attracts 

borrowers to extended 

repayment terms of 30 or 

40 years, and is it worth 

considering a longer-term 

mortgage? 

LONG-TERM MORTGAGES 

Taking out a mortgage of 35 or 

40 years can seem like a huge 

financial commitment at any 

age, but the mortgage market 

has changed over the last 

decade. The stricter lending 

practices we mentioned earlier 

apply equally to long-term 

mortgage loans, and their 

suitability for each applicant 

must be carefully evaluated by 

lenders. 

Why choose a long-term 

mortgage? 

You might choose a long-term 

mortgage to benefit from 

lower monthly payments. 

Perhaps you’re more at ease 

knowing you can comfortably 

afford the repayments on 

your biggest asset, and feel 

it’s worthwhile despite the 

extra interest you’ll pay over 

the course of the loan term. 

It’s also beneficial if you need 

a high loan-to-value (LTV) 

mortgage. 

Another consideration with 

long-term mortgages is your 

age, as although long-term 

mortgages are becoming more 

mainstream, some lenders 

still don’t offer this type of 

mortgage term if it means it 

will take the borrower into 

their retirement years. 

On the other hand, younger 

applicants looking for their 

first property might have 

no problem in obtaining a 

mortgage with a duration 

of upwards of 35 years. So 

what are the main benefits 

and drawbacks of lengthier 

mortgages? 

Pros of a long-term mortgage 

•Monthly repayments are 

lower. 

•Interest rate rises will have 

less impact. 

•You may be able to secure a 

higher loan-to-value ratio. 

Cons of a long-term mortgage 

•It takes longer to repay. 

•You pay more interest overall. 

•You may be refused on age 

grounds. 

Affordability is the keyword 

when thinking about 

mortgages – hopefully 

between you and your lender, 

you’ll be able to find the right 

length of mortgage term and 

feel able to repay every month 

without too much difficulty. 

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mortgages/should-i-pick-a-longterm-or-short-term-mortgage/ 

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Driverless Cars Explained 

Driverless cars are a hot topic 

in the motoring world at the 

moment. Everyone’s talking about 

them; manufacturers, politicians 

and transport chiefs are all 

nattering on about the future of 

cars without the need for drivers. 

But what are they, and what 

do they mean for the future of 

motoring? We’re going to try and 

clear things up. 

The Government is predicting 

that driverless cars could be in 

full use on the UK’s roads by 2021, 

following an announcement that 

advanced trials of automated 

vehicles could move forwards. 

Are they safe? 

The safety of autonomous vehicles 

was questioned recently after 

a 49-year-old woman was killed 

while crossing the road in front of 

a self-driving vehicle in Arizona. 

The issue is the co-habitation 

of road users and the driverless 

vehicles – until people are sure 

how to interact with them, 

accidents will still happen. 

Which manufacturers currently 

offer some level of autonomous 

assistance? 

Quite a few, actually. You’ll 

find some partial self-driving 

technology in cars from Audi, 

BMW, Citroen, DS, Fiat, Ford, 

Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia, Land 

Rover, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes, 

Nissan, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, 

Seat, Skoda, Subaru, Suzuki, Tesla, 

Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen 

and Volvo – phew! It’s fair to say 

that most cars do incorporate 

the technology, but it can include 

features such as adaptive cruise 

control. 

Levels of autonomy 

You may have heard about people 

discussing the various levels of 

autonomous assistance, and 

they’re categorised from one to 

five. Here’s what they mean. 

Level 1 

Introduced around 1990s/00s 

Level one autonomous assistance 

is, as expected, the base level. It 

means that just one element of 

the driving process is taken over 

by the car – but the driver is still 

very much in charge. This level of 

assistance has been around for 

some time now, pioneered by early 

cruise control systems. 

Level 2 

Present day 

Level 2 autonomy represents 

pretty much where we are today. 

Computers are now clever enough 

to deal with multiple functions, 

so the car can take control of 

steering, throttle and brake 

functions – but it still requires 

the driver to show that they’re in 

charge of the car by putting a hand 

on the steering wheel. 

Level 3 

Estimated 2020 

Level 3 takes things up a notch. It 

means that all of the safety-critical 

functions can be controlled by the 

car, but the driver must still be able 

to intervene should they need to 

– this isn’t completely ‘hands-off’ 

technology yet. 

Level 4 

Mid 2020s 

Things are getting serious at 

Level 4. This sees cars capable of 

being fully autonomous, albeit in 

selected areas – most likely innercity 

ones. 


Dedicated lane markings and 

infrastructure will be required 

to ensure that the cars keep on 

the straight and narrow, too. 

Complex mapping systems will 

combine with advanced cameras, 

sensors and artificial intelligence 

to determine where the car needs 

to go. The driver may have to 

intervene at certain points, but for 

the most part it’ll mean hands-free 

driving. 

Level 5 

Late 2020s/early 2030s 

Level 5 will see the vehicles 

derestricted – they won’t have 

to operate within certain areas 

or environments. It’ll simply be 

capable of driving anywhere, 

without the need for a driver. 

There won’t be a need for a 

steering wheel or traditional 

‘controls’; these vehicles will 

be fully capable of operating 

themselves. 

It’ll free up space inside the cars 

and, because of that, they’ll 

probably look more like lounges 

on wheels. That’s what we predict, 

anyway. 

Timeline predictions 

It’s worth noting that this timeline 

is based on predictions by many 

different manufacturers. Though 

various dates are pitched by 

different car makers, most agree 

that the bulk of progress will 

happen between 2020 and 2030. 

It’s a real technology race at 

the moment – each company is 

charging ahead to develop their 

own systems quicker than the 

rest. It’s why these dates are 

estimations – some may get there 

sooner than others. 

By James Baggott

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Last Lines 

1. "It was beauty killed the beast" is the last line of which famous film? 

2. What are the two main traditions associated with the last lines that 

are delivered in a pantomime? 

3. Which 2001 novel ends with the line "Very few castaways can claim to have 

survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult 

Bengal tiger"? 

4. What is the last word in the Bible? 

5. In which 1967 film do the title characters recite a chant to remember their 

roles in a mission, the final lines of which are "Fifteen: Franko goes in where 

the others have been, Sixteen: we all come out like it's Halloween"? 

6. "Thus, with a kiss, I die" are the last words of which Shakespearean character? 

7. "They danced by the light of the moon" is the last line in which famous poem? 

8. Every verse of which well known nursery rhyme ends with the line "my fair 

lady"? 

9. Playing the Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk, which famous film director is 

involved in the last lines of dialogue in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers? 

10. In a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling, complete the last line of the verse that 

begins "Man's timid heart is bursting with the things he must not say, for the 

Woman that God gave him isn't his to give away, but when hunter meets with 

husbands, each confirms the other's tale"... 

CR5 CODEWORD 

Each letter in this puzzle is 

represented by a different 

number between 1 and 26. 

The codes for three letters are 

shown. Once you have filled 

these throughout the grid you 

can start guessing words and 

reveal other letters. As you find 

the letters enter them in the box 

below. 

CR5 QUIZ - Last Lines 

Answers on page 88 - no peeking! 

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Answers on page 88 - no peeking!

Coulsdon Comrades Club celebrates 

its Centenary 1919 to 2019 

After the first World War ended in 1918 a number of non-political organisations were set up to 

help servicemen returning from the war. One of these was the Comrades of the Great War. 

A group of local Coulsdon people decided that there should be a social club in Coulsdon for 

ex-service men. They formed the Coulsdon Branch of the Comrades of the Great War (1919) 

under their president Mr Alfred Patchett; 

The club opened premises just a little nearer 

Lion Green Road than the present premises. 

In 1922 a number of the ex-service men’s 

organisations decided to merge which was the 

nucleus of the British Legion. The Coulsdon 

Comrades decide to remain independent and 

are still so today. In 1923 the old St Andrews 

Church Hall became available and they moved 

there. 

It was decided to demolish the old church hall and construct the present building opening in 

1933. Today the club is open to membership from all, as the number of ex-service personnel 

are now in a minority. We would like to wish them well with their centenary celebrations and 

hope the Comrades Club remain part of Coulsdon’s fabric for the next 100 years. 

http://www.coulsdoncomrades.co.uk/index.html 

The Club has a Fully 

licensed competitively 

priced bar, where you can 

purchase Freshly made 

Bar food and light bites, 

with Live music 

and Entertainment every 

Saturday night and 

frequent Jazz and Big 

Band nights. 

There are regular Quiz 

nights and the occasional 

Special functions, such as 

St George’s Day celebrations 

and Remembrance 

Sunday Services. 

The Club boasts 4 Match Play Snooker Tables as well as a Darts Board,Beer garden with 

children’s play area and BT Sport TV. 

Prizes are to be won Every Saturday Night - Raffle plus Members Draw (you must have your 

Membership Card with you to Win), Every Sunday Lunchtime - Meat Raffle, Weekly Treasure 

Chest Draw and many others held from time to time. 

Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 4pm to 11pm, Friday 12pm to 11pm Saturday 12pm to 

11:30pm Sunday 12pm to 10:30pm 


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BRADMORE GREEN & COULSDON LIBRARIES 

It’s free to join the library and 

nearly everything is free to 

borrow. 

Croydon Libraries are available 

24/7:- We have a digital library of 

audio and e-books to download 

as well as digital magazines. 

https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/online-library 

COULSDON LIBRARY 

FREE For Children 

Craftytime. Fridays 3.30-4.30pm. 4-7 year olds 

and their adults. 

Storytime. Saturdays 3-4pm. 4-7 year olds and 

their adults. 

LEGO sessions. 7-12 year olds use the fun and 

interactive LEGO Education programmes. 

These sessions are now FREE! 

Advanced booking required. Monday 3rd & 

17th and Tuesday 11th and 25th. 4-5pm. 

FREE for Adults 

Alan Holbrow will give an illustrated talk 

entitled Tower Bridge: its design and build. 

Friday 7th June from 10.30-11.30am. 

Free but booking required. 

Adult reading group. 2nd Thursday of the 

month 2-3pm. The group will discuss 

Somewhere Towards The End (Non-Fiction) 

by Diana Athill. Thursday 13th June. 

Free one hour one-to-one IT help sessions 

on Mondays and Saturdays. 10am-11am and 

11am-12pm. 

Please contact Coulsdon Library to book. 

Coulsdon Library at 167 Brighton Road, 

Coulsdon, CR5 2NH, Tel 020 3700 1007; 

coulsdonlibrary@croydon.gov.uk 

Opening Hours 

Monday 9am-6pm, Tuesday 9am-6pm, 

Thursday 9.30am-6pm, Friday 9am-7pm and 

Saturday 9am-5pm. 

BRADMORE GREEN LIBRARY 

FREE For Children 

Crafternoon. Tuesdays 3.15-4.15pm. 3-11 year 

olds and their adults. 

Storytime. Wednesdays 2.15-2.45pm. 

Under 5s and their adults. 

Rhymetime. Fridays 11-11.30am. Babies, 

toddlers and their adults. 

7-12 year olds use the fun and interactive 

LEGO Education programmes, WeDo or 

StoryStarter. WeDo shows how to make 

models which can be programmed to move; 

creative stories can be inspired with 

StoryStarter. These sessions are now FREE! 

Advanced booking required. Every Monday 

4-5pm. 

For Adults 

Bourne Society member Paul Sandford will 

give an illustrated talk entitled Researching 

Family and Local History on Monday 3rd 

June from 10.30-11.30am. Free but booking 

required. 

Monthly coffee morning. 1st Saturday of the 

month 10-11.30am. 

Free one hour one-to-one IT help sessions. 

Please contact Bradmore Green Library to 

book. 

There are jigsaws for loan at the library. 

Please ask staff for details. 

The library has a free car park. 

Bradmore Green Library, Bradmore Way, 

Coulsdon, CR5 1PE, Tel 020 3700 1003; 

bradmoregreenlibrary@croydon.gov.uk 

Opening Hours 

Monday 9.30am-6pm, Tuesday 9am-6pm, 

Wednesday 9am-6pm, Friday 9am-7pm and 

Saturday 9am-5pm. 


More Story than History 

There’s an old saying, ‘If you don’t learn from 

history then you’re doomed to repeat it’. 

Strangely, I don’t know the history of that 

statement. So I might say it again. Hmmm. 

Anyway, it’s aimed at telling people to learn 

from past errors. Like not looking up while 

standing on a hill near Hastings when the 

Normans start firing arrows at you, or calling 

your ship ‘unsinkable’ when you’ve got 

Leonardo de Caprio and Kate Winslet on 

board. 

But you’ve got to be wary where you get 

your history from. Even the most learned 

and academic of tomes can be open to 

accusations of bias. I’ve just finished reading 

a book called ‘Arnhem’ about the failed 

attempt to capture a number of Dutch bridges 

in the latter parts of World War II. It’s a great 

book, and I’d cheerfully recommend it to 

anyone with a interest in that direction, but 

for whatever reason, author Anthony Beevor 

clearly doesn’t like Field Marshal Bernard 

Montgomery, and can’t resist taking a pop at 

him at every opportunity. And it goes beyond 

simply holding him responsible for being the 

architect of the failed plan. 

So when you start looking at more dramatic 

representations, where the intent is primarily 

to entertain rather than educate, then you can 

be in real trouble if you take what you see as 

actual history. 

It’s not new. Shakespeare’s take on history 

was decidedly dodgy. Macbeth wasn’t a 

dagger-wielding psychopath, but an elected 

King (yep, they elected Kings in Scotland at 

that time, like they did in England until William 

the Conqueror turned up) who ruled wisely 

and well for a number of years. Richard III 

wasn’t the epitome of evil and he almost 

certainly didn’t have a hump-backed 

deformity. Both depictions were a result of 

needing to curry favour with Queen Elizabeth. 

But for serious, bona-fide, reality-warping 

historical depictions, you can rarely do better 

(or worse) than the movies. 

If you take Hollywood as your guide, from 

ancient pre-historic times to the modern day, 

then the world you see will be very different 

from reality. 

In ‘One Million Years BC’ (1966) a fur 

bikini-clad Raquel Welch screams in horror 

as her caveman boyfriend fights dinosaurs, 

despite the last dinosaur having died out over 

sixty million years previously. 

In the marketplaces of ‘Troy’ (2004) they 

trade Llamas from Peru, which no-one from 

Europe would be visiting for another two and 

half thousand years. Mongol tribesmen, 

Indian war-elephants and an armoured 

rhinoceros are brought together by the 

emperor Xerxes to take down the 

ludicrously over-oiled Spartans led by Gerard 

Butler in ‘300’ (2007). But Xerxes’ empire 

never extended to either India or Mongolia 

and no-one has ever armoured a rhino (well 

not until ‘Black Panther’ (2018), and that’s a 

comic-book movie and so doesn’t count) and 

lived. Let’s be honest, would you? 

Let’s catapult forward in time. Mel Gibson’s 

‘The Patriot’ (2000). Set in a version of South 

Carolina where slavery really wasn’t that bad 

during the Wars of American Independence, 

the sadistic British commander (who else) 

rounds up the local crying women, doe-eyed 

children, invalids etc., sticks them in a church 

and burns it to the ground. An act of atrocity 

that would have had a profound impact on 

Anglo-American relations long after the war 

had finished. If it had ever happened, which it 

didn’t. Talking of which, and in a long line of 

‘how the Americans won the war’ 

movies, we have ‘U-571’ (2000) in which Jon 

Bon Jovi helps his fellow sub-mariners to 

steal an Enigma code machine from a stricken 

German U-Boat. Set in 1942, it’s so inaccurate 

it almost defies listing. Other than the simple 

fact it didn’t happen, the British had already 

captured an Enigma machine back in February 

1940 and deciphered the code by 1941, before 

the Americans had even entered the war. 

Sorry Jon, but you gave war movies a bad 

name… 

So, whether it’s ‘Mary Queen of Scots’, 

‘Dunkirk’, ‘Darkest Hour’ or any of the recent 

historical films, or ‘Gentleman Jim’ or ‘Victoria’ 

on the television, take it as an entertainment. 

Even, if your curiosity is piqued, take it as an 

opportunity to look further into the subject or 

period. But never take it at face value… 

Paul M Ford 

Graydorian – The Writing Bureau 


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Answers on page 88 


Lynda’s “Boatside” won our recent 

triptych competition. “I took his photo 

in Faversham Creek - it is the side of 

a rusty old boat. I split the photo into 

three overlapping the edges so they 

repeat. I just love the colour tones.“ 

Why not check out the gallery on our 

website to see some of the other 

images 

(look under “open competitions”). 

We are on summer recess from June 

to September but will continue 

informal meetings at a local public 

house (contact Lynda for details). We will also have a stall displaying our work at the Old 

Coulsdon fair on July 6th. Why not come and meet us? 

We meet Tuesday evenings (Sep to May) at 8pm in Cameron Hall, Canons Hill, Old Coulsdon. 

Visitors £5 (refunded on joining). Visit oldcoulsdoncameraclub.org.uk, see us on facebook or 

contact lynda@oldcoulsdoncameraclub.org.uk 

Bird’s Eye View, June 2019 

John Birkett, RSPB Croydon Local Group 

Last month I asked people to keep their eyes 

and ears open for swifts as they return to take 

up their territories back in the UK. 

As predicted, they started to appear at the 

beginning of May and several people have 

already reported sightings of swifts in the 

Croydon area. Some have been reported 

flying low near houses and screaming; this 

suggests the birds will set up a territory 

nearby. And to help swifts find somewhere to 

nest, since we launched our appeal for 

information, at least one household has put 

up two swift nest boxes and another has 

asked for details of where to get them. We 

can only hope that the swifts will find (and 

use) any new nest sites provided. Our swift 

survey will continue through the summer so 

please do email us (johnbirkett@hotmail. 

co.uk) with information about when and 

where you saw your swifts and what the birds 

were doing. 

As well as swifts, many other summer visitors 

will be busy rearing families this month and 

the young may turn up seemingly lost and 

abandoned. 

This is unlikely to be the case; they may have 

left the nest, but the parents are probably 

somewhere nearby and will be waiting until 

you cease to be a threat before returning to 

feed the fledgling. Unless the young bird is in 

immediate danger, please leave it alone. And 

towards the end of June you may get adult 

great spotted woodpeckers bringing their 

offspring to garden feeders. 

To find out more about Croydon’s birds and 

the group’s activities visit our website 

(http://www.rspb.org.uk/groups/croydon/) or 

come along to one of our meetings. You could 

also check out the Croydon Birders website to 

see what birds have been reported. 

Great spotted 

woodpecker 

by Piers Hubbard 


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Across 

7. Manage, rule over (6) 

8. Outfitter (6) 

9. Information (4) 

10. Set sail (8) 

11. Most simple (7) 

13. Vacant (5) 

15. Caper, amazing feat (5) 

16. Protection (7) 

18. Stress, accent (8) 

19. Otherwise (4) 

21. Foolish (6) 

22. 5 cent coin (6) 

Down 

1. Settee (4) 

2. Connections, alliances (13) 

3. Examine, study in detail (7) 

4. Plump, rotund (5) 

5. Outside edge of circle (13) 

6. Household (8) 

12. Tries (8) 

14. Taunting, goading (7) 

17. Separate, detached (5) 

20. Trunk of plant (4) 

Answers on page 98 - no peeking ! 

KIDS Answers from p86 

The 'coin clock' solution is... 

1. 12 onto 3. 2. 7 onto 4. 3. 10 onto 6. 

4. 8 onto 1. 5. 11 onto 2. 6. 9 onto 5. 

CR5 QUIZ Answers from page 82 

1. King Kong 2. They should be in rhyming couplets, 

and they should not be performed in rehearsal 

3. The Life Of Pi 4. Amen 5. The Dirty Dozen 

6. Romeo (from Romeo and Juliet) 7. The Owl And 

The Pussycat 8. London Bridge Is Falling Down 

9. Steven Spielberg 10. The female of the species is 

more deadly than the male 

Codeword Answers from page 82 


CR5 Trip Down Memory Lane 

A postcard dated August 1948 shows some well turned-out ladies enjoying a game of 

bowls at the Memorial Ground, Marlpit Lane overlooked by a group of gentlemen. 

The green is now looked after by volunteers and the bowlers play in a different direction. 

Are you interested in local history? Then why not join the Bourne Society. 

Apply to : J Hurrion, 7 The Towers, Hayes Lane, Kenley, CR8 5YL 

www.bourne-society.org.uk 

Praying for the Government 

“I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, 

intercession and thanksgiving be made for all 

people—for kings and all those in authority, that we 

may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and 

holiness.” 1 Timothy 2:1-2 (NIV) 

Where do you stand on Brexit? Are you a remoaner 

who wants a people’s vote to try and reverse the 

decision? Are you a hard Brexiteer who would just 

be happy to leave the EU whether there is a deal or 

not? The referendum in 2016 left the country divided 

and there is little indication that some 2 ½ years 

later we are less divided. How should a Christian 

view all of this? 

No doubt Christians reflect the views present in 

the general population with some being for exiting 

the EU whilst others wish to remain. Whatever our 

personal views on Brexit, let me suggest that there 

is one thing all Christians can be united on and join 

together in, and that is praying for the government 

of the day in dealing with the issues that confront 

it. There is a daily prayer that is said in the House 

of Commons which is a rich and a very powerful 

prayer. It says: 

Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant 

to our Queen and her government, to Members 

of Parliament and all in positions of responsibility, 

the guidance of your Spirit. May they never lead 

the nation wrongly through love of power, desire 

to please, or unworthy ideals but laying aside all 

private interests and prejudices keep in mind their 

responsibility to seek to improve the condition of 

all mankind; so may your kingdom come and your 

name be hallowed. Amen. 

Sadly, some have sought to stop this prayer being 

said in Parliament. They may or may not be successful 

in that endeavour, but it doesn’t stop Christians 

joining together to pray this prayer for our nation. 

Maybe the view Christians should take on Brexit 

and on any issue that is debated in Parliament is to 

prayerfully bring it before the throne of grace. 

I’ve decided to commit to praying this prayer for 

our country, why not join me? 

Prayer: Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, 

grant to our Queen and her government, to Members 

of Parliament and all in positions of responsibility, 

the guidance of your Spirit. May they never lead 

the nation wrongly through love of power, desire 

to please, or unworthy ideals but laying aside all 

private interests and prejudices keep in mind their 

responsibility to seek to improve the condition 

of all mankind; so may your kingdom 

come and your name be hallowed. Amen. 

GCI Coulsdon Community Church meets at 11.00am on 

Sundays In Coulsdon Community Centre Upper Hall. 

For further information please contact 

Pastor Brian Smith coulsdon@gracecom.church or 

01243 699812. To receive daily e-mail messages 

like this one please go to www.daybyday.org.uk 


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What’s On in the Community 

FREE page for local charities and non-profit making organisations 

Here to help you 

The South East Cancer Help Centre is a local charity that over the last 30 

years has helped thousands of people affected by cancer. 

Talk to us and explore the ways we may be able to help you, whether it be 

through information, counselling or the wide range of complementary 

therapies we offer. 

We have local NHS recognition and provide a friendly, supportive environment 

with only one purpose – to help you cope 

Visit www.sechc.org.uk or call 020 8668 0974 for more information 

South East Cancer 

Help Centre, 

2 Purley Road, 

(Tesco Development) 

Purley, CR8 2HA 

Registered Charity No. 1011509 

Talk to us – we’re here to help 

Toys & Tots 

FREE weekly session 

every Tuesday @ 11am 

in the Church Hall 

Committee Room 

2 nd Tuesday each month 

2pm – 4pm 

in the Church Hall 

fun quizzes and 

entertainment for a 

modest donation 

ST ANDREW’S CHURCH 

COULSDON 

Email: standrewsoffice@yahoo.com 

Sunday 

Worship 

starts at 9.45am 

Holy Communion, music 

led by a versatile robed 

choir and talented 

organists, Junior Church 

for our younger members. 

Messy Church 

Every 3rd Tuesday 

3.30pm – 5.30 pm in 

the Church Hall 

Save the dates 

St. Andrew’s Singers 

Summer concert 

30 June 4pm 

in Church 

• Caribbean-African 

evening – 7 September 

6.30pm in Church Hall 

St. Andrew’s Players Panto 

“Peter Pan in Coulsdon” 

Holy Communion at 1.30pm Hall to Rent - email: 23 (evening) & 24 th (afternoon) 

hall.lettings@standrews.coulsdon.net November in Church Hall 




South London Harriers 

SLH ELMORE 7 

Saturday 20th July 2019 13:30 

7 Mile Road Race 

On undulating country roads 

including start/finish in the 

grounds of “Elmore” home to 

The Chipstead Flower Show. 

Founded 1871 

Race HQ: 

Chipstead Rugby Club, 

High Road, Chipstead, CR5 3SB. 

Entries: www.sportsystems.co.uk 

Affiliated Runner £18.00/£20.00 on day 

Unaffiliated Runner £20.00/£22.00 on day 

www.southlondonharriers.org 

UKA Race Licence: 2019-36186 

QUIZ NIGHT 

WITH FISH & CHIP SUPPER 

After the Flower Show, come and relax & join us for 

a Fun Quiz Night and a delicious Fish & Chip Supper 

Bring your own drinks 

Raffle 

Saturday 20th July 

7.30pm 

£16 per person 

The Marquee, Elmore, Chipstead 

Individual Places or Tables of 8 available from 

Rosemary Selfe email: rearl@sloaneclub.co.uk 

Tel: 01737 553962 

Please apply by FRIDAY 12TH JULY 2019. 

Tickets will not be sent out, please assume you 

are coming. 

All proceeds to go towards funding next year's Flower Show 

THE ARTS SOCIETY CROYDON AREA 

Formerly Croydon Decorative & Fine 

Arts Society 

Meet Monthly (2nd Thursday) at 10.15 

All Saints Church Hall, Sanderstead 

We are looking for like minded people 

that are interested in Art. 

We have expert lecturers to do the talks. 

13th June Bread and Circuses 

11th July Scandinavian Landscape 

Painting 1840-1910 

For further details phone 0208 657 2496 or 

email janice.brunger@outlook.com 


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BANSTEAD FLOWER CLUB 

Invite you to watch 

LEE BERRIL 

present 

“IMAGINE” 

Wed 29th June 2019 at 2pm 

Doors open 1:30pm 

Raffle, members competition “Outside 

the Box”, floral sundries sales table and 

refreshments 

We’re a friendly local flower club affiliated 

to NAFAS. New Members and visitors (£6) 

always welcome. 

Monthly meeting and demonstration at 2pm on 

the 4th Wednesday of every month at Banstead 

Community Hall , 

Park Road SM7 3AJ 

For further details or enquiries,see our page at 

http://www.surreynafas.org.uk/banstead-flower-club 

email bansteadflowerclub@hotmail.co.uk or call 

Susan Macpherson 0208 657 4328 




Gatton Park Events 

All activities must be booked in advance, unless 

otherwise stated. Children under eight must be 

accompanied by an adult. 

Sunday 2 June Park and Gardens Open 

Park and gardens open all afternoon, bird hide 

open, free guided tours and free activities for 

children, including the Wild Things play trail. Tea 

and cakes available to purchase.1-5pm. 

Cost: adults £5 children free 

Saturday 8 June Art in the Landscape 

A day of landscape painting in a beautiful setting. 

Watercolour demonstration and artistic guidance. 

Lunch in Gatton Hall included. 10-3.30pm. 

Booking essential. Cost: £25 

Gatton Park, Rocky Lane, Reigate, RH2 0TW 

01737 649068. events@gatton-park.org.uk 

Book online at: www.gattonpark.com 

The Kingswood, Walton & Tadworth 

Horticultural Society 

proudly present: 

Annual Gardeners' Delight 

OPEN GARDENS event in the KT20 area 

Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th JUNE 

2pm-6pm on each day. 

Home-made Teas, Plants for Sale, Raffle, 

Classic Car Parade, Hand made Wood Art 

and Saxaphone playing will be taking place 

in various gardens in aid of nominated 

local charities. 

Tickets with Map, including Post Codes, 

£6 for adults, children under 14 free, 

available from any of the gadens on each 

day. Please note that NOT all gardens will 

be Open Both days . 

Check our website www.kwthortsoc.co.uk 

for more details or contact Sue Edwards 

on 01737 813025 

The RSPB Croydon 

Local Group 

Monthly Illustrated Wildlife Talks in 

South Croydon 

Whitgift Sports Club, Croham Manor Road - 

off Croham Road, South Croydon, CR2 7BG 

Second Monday of each month, 2pm and again at 8pm. 

Admission £4.00. Everyone is welcome, not just RSPB 

members. 

Free refreshments. A selection of RSPB goods, nuts & 

seeds are on sale. 

Parking limited on site but free in adjacent roads. 

64 & 433 buses stop nearby in Croham Road. 

Monday June 10th 2019: 

NO MEETING 

Mid-season break. 

For more information contact John Davis 

on 020-8640 4578 

or see www.rspb.org.uk/groups/croydon 

Note: on request we give illustrated bird talks to local 

organisations. 


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The New Moon Rescue -TNR 

CHARITY QUIZ 

6pm Sunday 23rd June 2019 

The Kingswood Arms , Waterhouse Lane, 

Kingswood, Banstead, KT20 6EB 

Only £2 per person, to book a team please 

email thenewmoonrescue@hotmail.com or 

call 07586 355832. 

Raffle on the night with some fantastic 

prizes. 

Charity No:1180018. 

Rotary Club of Croydon Jubilee 

Presents the 

JUBILEE BIG BAND NIGHT 

Featuring the 

NIGEL GARRARD ORCHESTRA 

And the music of Glenn Miller, Count Basie & Ted Heath 

Join us on Friday 14th June 2019 at 

Warlingham Rugby Club 

Limpsfield Road 

Warlingham, Surrey CR6 9RB 

Licensed Bar 

Concert starts 8.00pm - Doors open 7.15pm 

Tickets £16pp (Children under 15 - £12pp) 

Principal surplus donated to the ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY 

remainder to local charities 

NB: No tickets will be on sale at the door. 

Please email/phone David Cronk for Tickets 

Telephone: 01883 819 087 

Email: beacronk@hotmail.com 

Our Autumn Fair 

will be held on 

September 29 th 

Stalls are available for £30. 

If you would like to book a space 

please call 020 8643 7764. 

The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders 

Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton, SM5 4DT 

SOUTH CROYDON 

MODEL RAILWAY SHOW 

Saturday 1st June 10am - 4pm. 

St Paul’s United Reformed Church, 

Croham Park Avenue, CR2 7HF 

12 exhibition standard layouts, plus 

trade stands, including Kent Garden 

Railways. 

Admission: Adults - £5 

Under 16 £3; Family (2 + 2) - £12 

Refreshments available. 

Disabled access. 

Supported by Croydon Model Railway Society 

Further details from Chris Dean 

01883 723081 




Gatton Country Fair 

Sunday 7 July 12-5pm 

Set in the beautiful grounds of Gatton Park, the 

Gatton Country Fair is the perfect day out for all 

the family. See animal displays including birds of 

prey and working Newfoundland dogs as well 

as stalls showcasing country crafts and local 

wildlife organisations. Bring your dog along for 

the chance to win in the fun dog show. Enjoy a 

locally brewed pint of beer and lunch from the 

pizza oven or choose from a range of other food 

and drink stalls. There will also be live music, 

tractor rides and a children’s fairground. The fair 

takes place on the first Sunday in July and is sited 

on the Victorian parterre with stunning views of 

the park; visitors are also invited to explore the 

wider parkland and gardens. Adult entry is £7, 

children go free. Card/cash payments accepted at 

the entrance. 

Gatton Park, Rocky Lane, Reigate, 

Surrey, RH2 0TD 

Contact: events@gatton-park.org.uk 

Website: www.gattonpark.com 

1st Coulsdon Scout Group 

Fourth Drive, CR5 2YP 

Scouting for boys and girls 6-14 yrs 

Beavers for boys and girls 6-8 yrs 

INFO: alastair51@talktalk.net 

Cubs 8-10½ yrs 

Scouts 10½ - 14 yrs 

INFO: rodjbavin@yahoo.co.uk 

View Croydon District Newsletter on: 

www.croydonscouting.org.uk 

Hall Hire Available: contact emma@ccfworld.com 


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COULSDON SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB 

COULSDON SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB 

Coulsdon Community Centre, 

Coulsdon Community Centre, Chipstead Valley Road, CR5 3BE 

Chipstead Valley Road, CR5 3BE 

Do you want to get some gentle exercise? 

Do you want to get some gentle exercise? 

want to meet new people 

Do you want to meet new people and have some fun? 

and have some fun? 

Why not give Short Mat Bowls a try? 

Why not give Short Mat Bowls a try? 

We are a friendly mixed club looking for new 

We are a friendly mixed club looking for new members. 

Flat soled shoes members. 

required, tuition provided. 

Experienced bowlers also welcome. 

Flat soled shoes required, tuition provided. 

We meet on Mondays 12am-2pm and Thursdays 2pm-4pm 

Experienced bowlers also welcome. 

Contact Sylvia on 02086682841 for further details or just turn up. 

We meet on Mondays 12am-2pm 

Annual fees £20 and £3 per session, first 3 sessions free. 

and Thursdays 2pm-4pm 

Contact Sylvia on 0208 668 2841 

for further details or just turn up. 

Annual fees £20 and £3 per session, 

first 3 sessions free. 

St Andrew’s Contact Group 

Monthly Pop In Teas 

at St. Andrew’s Church Hall, 

from 2-4pm on the second 

Tuesday of every month. 

A cup of tea, sandwiches 

and cakes are served for a 

modest donation. 

The Contact Group Volunteers invite you 

to join them for companionship and 

friendly conversation. If a lift would help, 

contact Monica Jefford 01737 555996 

contactgroup@standrews.coulsdon.net 

St. Andrew’s Church, Coulsdon, CR5 2DD. 

OLD COULSDON ART SOCIETY 

We are a group of local amateur artists of 

all standards that come to practice and 

improve skillsin an informal and friendly 

atmosphere. 

The Society has classes supervised by two 

Tutors for portrait and still life work, either 

painting in oils, watercolours, pencil, crayon 

or pastel work. Our Tutors are both working 

artists of an excellent standard. 

We meet on Thursday evenings during the 

school term between 7.30 and 9.30pm at 

the Old Coulsdon Bowling Club, 

81 Coulsdon Rd, Coulsdon, CR5 2LD. 

For more information see: 

http://www.ocas.me.uk 

OR just turn up at the Old Coulsdon 

Bowling Club on a Thursday evening 7:30 – 

9:30pm during term dates. 




REEDHAM PARK TENNIS CLUB 

‘Nature Valley Big Tennis Weekends’. 

Reedham is opening its gates during the 

weekend of 15/16 th July (10am to 4pm) for an Open Day 

to include coaching/playing sessions for all ages and 

abilities, tennis tournament, lunch time BBQ, table 

tennis knock out competition, raffle and games followed 

by an afternoon show match and afternoon tea. Please 

come and join us for a fun weekend. 

St. John’s Church 

Old Coulsdon 

Saturday, 8 th June 

7.00 for 7.30 p.m. in the Church 

TICKETS: £10.00 each - 

to include Sausage & Chips Supper – 

BOOK NOW with the Parish Office 

on 01737 552461 or on line at 

stjohns@coulsdon.net 

in aid of St. John’s Funds 

We also offer: 

Adult and junior teams: compete in Surrey Leagues. 

8 courts: 6 of which are floodlit to offer all round play giving 

excellent value. 

Social Tennis: sessions for social play and improvers 

Introductory membership: at only £49 for 3 months 

U30’s membership: at £100 for the whole year! 

A varied social calendar: catering for all tastes. 

Where are we: Old Lodge Lane, Purley, CR8 4AH 

What’s our contact Number: 020 8660 1697 

What’s our e-mail: enquiries@reedhamparktennis.co.uk 

Want to find out more: www.reedhamparktennis.co.uk 

COMPANY CLUB 

ESCS to hold their Summer concert 

‘A Musical Miscellany 

– A Choral Cornucoppia’ 

22nd June @ 7:30pm 

Woldingham Village Hall, Station Road 

Woldingham CR3 7EU. 

A relaxing evening of music to suit all 

tastes. Tickets on the door or online at 

www:escs.org.uk 

Adults £12 (incl. Programme & refreshments) 

Children 14 and under free. 

Welcomes lively over 40's 

to social events including 

barbeques, theatre, walks, 

meals etc. 

New members evening – 1st 

Thursday of the month at 9pm 

Contact: 

Linda 020 8668 1382, 

Glenn 020 8656 9007, 

Shirley 020 8651 5835. 

email: info@companyclub.co.uk 

www.companyclub.co.uk 


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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 

•Accountancy/Finance 

LJ Accounting 35 

One Financial Solutions 63 

Tax Data 53 

•Aerials / Satellite 

Communitech 62 

•Architectural Services 

Jameson Architectural Services 34 

•Blinds/Curtains 

JT Blinds 55 

Mobile Curtain Studio 46 

Surrey Blinds 27 

•Building Services 

DJP & Sons - Building & Roofing 18 

Exclusive Extensions 54 

K.Chaston Builders/Decorators 45 

MJ Building Services 65 

SG Refurbishments Ltd 49 

SN Building Services 34 

STL Building Services 29 

Taylors Building Services 71 

•Butchers 

JWCC Family Butchers 33 

•Care Services 

Anchor Care Homes 15 

Sunrise of Purley 65 

•Carpentry 

Ben Saunders Carpentry 9 

•Carpets/Flooring 

Carpets 4U 21 

Carpet Supplies Ltd 30 

Janes Flooring 51 

Keith Harris Carpets 23 

•Cleaning 

Brite N Breezy 45 

Surrey Carpet Care 54 

•Computer Services 

Computer Solutions 28 

•DVD 

Carlton Video 55 

•Education & Tuition 

Oasis Academy Coulsdon 41 

Laleham Lea School 12 

Mathematics Tutor 22 

Spanish Classes with Robert 50 

•Electrical/Electrician/Supplies 

Michael Steele Electrician 68 

Surrey Electrical Services 62 

Watt Electrical Services 57 

•Estate Agents/New Homes 

Daniel Adams 3 

John Brown 100 

Walter & Mair 2 

•Gardening Services 

Absolute Gardens 67 

CJ Gardening 28 

Daisy Garden 31 

Emsworth Tree Care 42 

Expertrees 17 

Gaskells Gardens 14 

Landtech Landscapes 68 

Little Oak Treecare 61 

Manor Gardens 51 

Mario Bonfante 22 

TruGreen 99 

•Health, Hair & Beauty 

Aesthetic Services 71 

Coulsdon Opticians 59 

Crossways Dental Practice 11 

Foot Health Centre 26 

Hair by Rachel 49 

Jane Naylor-Maury Osteopath 67 

Old Coulsdon Osteopathic Clinic 70 

Relax Therapy 9 

•Kitchens/Bathrooms/Bedrooms 

Dream Doors 58 

Pro-Paint Refinishing 43 

•Locksmith 

Alpine Lock Services 19 

•Mobility Services 

AXIS Mobility 20 

•Motoring 

Coulsdon Auto Parts 73 

Jemca Toyota 1 

Robe & Hitchen 6 

Top Marks Tyres 27 

Volks Autos 20 

Wallace Automotive 46 

We Buy Motorbikes, Cars & Caravans 

10 

•Painter/Decorator/Supplies 

DD Bespoke Homes Ltd 73 


•Pest Control 

BEE OFF Pest Solutions 34 

Pest Partnership 22 

•Pets 

Anwells Veterinary Practice 52 

Whoof Whoof Doggie Day Care 18 

•Plastering/Brickwork/Tiling 

KWS Plastering Services 61 

SWS Plastering 19 

•Plumbing & Heating 

Dapson Heating & Plumbing Ltd 35 

DV Services-Plumbing/Install 69 

Jonathan Davidson Heating 38 

MPM Plumbing 9 

SE Services-Heating & Plumbing 26 

•Property Maint/Handyman Services 

247 Property Solutions 10 

Dave Tuppen Handyman 22 

Homewood Solutions 69 

Maiden Maintenance 22 

Maguire Skips & Concrete 25 

Newhill Handyman 42 


RCB Maintenance 51 

SG Refurbishments Ltd 49 

•Restaurants/Café 

Chez Vous 35 

Curry Leaf 37 

•Roofing 

Atlas Roofing Construction 5 

BB Roofing 18 

Cladmaster 14 

DJP & Sons - Building & Roofing 18 

EB Roofing 52 

SG Roofing 31 

Tacey Roofing 42 

•Solicitor 

Rowe Radcliffe 38 

Streeter Marshall 66 

•Sports & Recreation 

Caterham Dance School 71 

CP Tennis 6 

•Vape Shop 

Vapepit 75 

•Windows & Doors 

Atlas Glass 7 

Selsdon Windows 47 

•Wrought Iron Work 

Homewood Solutions 69 

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10 Launched, 11 Easiest, 13 Empty, 

15 Stunt, 16 Defence, 18 Emphasis, 

19 Else, 21 Stupid, 22 Nickel. 

Down: 1 Sofa, 2 Relationships, 

3 Analyse, 4 Stout, 5 Circumference, 

6 Domestic, 12 Attempts, 14 Teasing, 

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