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Hambledon Parish Magazine
St Peter’s Church
& Village News
January
2019
60p
www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 1
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 2
PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, HAMBLEDON
Rector The Rev Simon Taylor 01483 421267
simon.taylor@bhcgodalming.org
Associate Vicar Position advertised
Assistant Vicar The Rev David Jenkins 01483 416084
6 Quartermile Road
Godalming, GU7 1TG
Curate The Rev David Preece 01483 421267
david.preece@bhcgodalming.org
Churchwarden Mrs Elizabeth Cooke 01483 208637
Marepond Farm, Markwick Lane
Loxhill, Godalming, GU8 4BD
Churchwarden Alan Harvey 01483 423264
35 Maplehatch Close
Godalming, GU7 1TQ
Assistant Churchwarden David Chadwick, Little Beeches 01252 702268
14 Springhill, Elstead
Godalming, GU8 6EL
Pastoral Assistant Mrs Jacqui Rook 01428 684390
1 Hambledon Park
Hambledon, GU8 4ER
Church Treasurer & Gift Aid Andrew Dunn 01428 482113
The Cottage, Lane End
Hambledon, GU8 4HD
Sunday Services
Full details of these and any other services are set out in the Church Calendar for the month,
which is shown on page 5
The Church has a number of Home Groups which meet regularly during the week at various locations.
Details from Hambledon and Busbridge Church Office
Tel: 01483 421267
Alpha details and information from: Hambledon
and Busbridge Church Office Tel: 01483 421267
Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals contact
Hambledon and Busbridge Church Office
Tel No: 01483 421267 (Mon – Friday, 9.30am – 12.30pm) Copy deadline for the
Where there is sickness or where a visit would be valued,
contact the Church Wardens February magazine
The Rector is normally off duty on Fridays
The deadline is Thursday, 17 January
The nearest Roman Catholic churches are St Teresa of
Avila, Chiddingfold (Fr Irek Stadler, 01428 643877); Please send your copy to
St Edmund, Croft Rd, Godalming and St Joseph’s, Jane Woolley
Milford (Fr David Parmiter, 01483 416880) Cobblers, Woodlands Road
Hambledon GU8 4HL
01428 684213
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Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 3
Dr Chris’s Call – January
Call to prayer in 2019
Dear Friends,
Blessings to one and all during this New Year and an encouragement to keep on praying and perhaps
with even more vigour during 2019!
The bible is teaming with examples of prayer for every season of the soul and for many and
varied circumstances of poverty, need or sickness. Jesus spent much time in prayer, often in the early
morning and in wild and remote places. There are also prayers in scripture made by prophets, priests
and kings, saintly figures and sinners; so we have many examples and can rest assured that the Lord
hears and answers prayers. Read on after the Lord’s Prayer, in Luke, the physician’s account, Luke
11.5-13, for reassurance of God’s wonderful love and gracious assurance over hearing and responding to
our prayers.
Prayer is communicating with the Lord who loves us and who has the capacity to exert His
Sovereign power and influence through our prayers. So prayer is a partnership and if we will let Him
dwell in us, as mentioned in John 14.20 and John 15.7 the Father God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
will be praying with us from the inside! I love the verse in Romans 8.26 which refers to the Holy Spirit
praying through us with ‘inarticulate groans’. So often I do not know what to pray and simply allow the
Spirit to groan through me.
The energizing power within this prayer partnership is Resurrection Power flowing from the
Cross of Christ and His infinite love for each one of us and for the whole created order. This power is
loaded with saving and healing grace ready to use at all times and on all occasions. So let’s use it!
Revelation 8.1-5 gives us a peep into the engine room of heavenly prayer activity with the
prayers of the saints being mixed with incense in a golden censer and placed on the golden altar before
God’s throne. The fire from the altar is then put into the censer and thrown to earth with atomic power!
Let us use this mighty power for our nation, for all nations, for each one in need in our sphere of
activity and also for those within our church fellowship. So a trumpet call to prayer this year with power
and might!
James 5.13-20 gives us a prayer prescription pragmatic and practical in its application. Any in
trouble pray; anyone happy sing and praise; anyone sick call the elders of the church to pray and anoint.
So the church has a medical responsibility in using prayer power and I would encourage us all to
use it and flex our prayer muscles to help our NHS. Comforting, nurturing relationships at the pastoral
level translates into reduction of anxiety, loneliness and depression. Add to that the power of prayer and
a high expectation for the dispensation of the Lord’s saving and healing grace puts us in a very strong
position to take our responsibility within the wider work of healing needed in our land. Pray for the
doctors, nurses and technicians too!
Make prayer as natural an activity as breathing itself and see the Lord’s Kingdom come
in people and situations around, as well as being blessed and changed from the inside out.
My prayers and blessings in abundance to you all.
Dr Chris
Dr Chris Jagger,
Hambledon and Busbridge Prayer Supporter
PS: and there will be a new Alpha course starting on 9 January in Busbridge Old Rectory.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 4
CHURCH CALENDAR
January 2019
Thursday 3rd January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer
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6th January 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)
1st Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Morning Worship
____________________________________________________
Thursday 10th January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer
____________________________________________________
13th January 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP)
2nd Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Holy Communion (CW)
Vision /Resolution Sunday
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Thursday 17th January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer
____________________________________________________
Saturday 19th January 8.30am to 10 am Prayer Breakfast
A time to meet together for prayer. All are welcome.
____________________________________________________
20th January No morning services in Hambledon & Busbridge
3rd Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Churches Together Service, Godalming United Church
All warmly invited. Activities for children are provided.
____________________________________________________
Thursday 24th January 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer
____________________________________________________
27th January 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP)
4th Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am Morning Worship &Children’s Group
____________________________________________________
Thursday 31st January 9-9.30am Morning Prayer
____________________________________________________
And in February
3rd February 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)
5th Sunday of Epiphany 10.30 am All Age Worship
_____________________________________________________
Services at St. John’s, Busbridge in January
8.00 am Holy Communion (said) (1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays only)
10.00 am Classic Service in Church: Contemporary service in School:
1st Sunday: Morning Worship 1st Sunday Mark Puddephat & All Age Team (Fuse).
2nd Sunday: Morning Worship 2nd Sunday: Morning Worship
4th Sunday: Holy Communion 4th Sunday: Morning Worship
– Groups for children of all ages in various locations: turn up and ask!
3rd Sunday: Churches Together Service, NO SERVICES in Busbridge or Hambledon
10.30 am Godalming United Church, All warmly invited, Activities for children provided.
6.30 pm Benefice Evening Worship:
1st Sunday: Holy Communion; 2nd & 4th Sundays: Evening Worship; 3rd Sunday: Unplugged
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 5
Hambledon
New Clerk; new budget
The final meeting of the calendar year took place on 11 December
and focused on the process for replacing the Clerk to the Parish
Council and laying the groundwork for the budget for 2019/20.
Parish Council
F ollowing advice from the Surrey and Sussex
Association of Local Councils (SSALC), the
Parish Council noted that the role of Clerk and
Responsible Finance Officer is a statutory one with
increasing responsibilities and administrative duties
village maintenance and the election. The new
precept was thought to be reasonable, considering the
matters discussed and in the context of the small rises
in living costs that have occurred over the last five
years.
and that, as such, the appointee has to be properly Councillor Sinnott reported the figures raised in
resourced and recompensed. the summer by the Village Festival and outlined the
The Parish Council decided to appoint Mrs Julie grants given to the local organisations in the village.
Flenley, who lives locally and was the second-placed Councillors thanked him and the committees for all
applicant from the previous recruitment process, as the their hard work and their contributions to the
new Clerk. In addition, because of the budget and the community. They also expressed a strong will to
up-coming local council elections, SSALC had also continue the Parish Council’s support for the Fete and
advised the Parish Council to appoint a Locum to act associated events in the future.
as assistant Clerk to cover the transition period. Mrs Councillors then discussed planning matters and
Joanna Cadman, the recommended Locum, is an the latest application to vary plans in relation to the
experienced Clerk who looks after the business of farm buildings at Hambledon House. Hawksmoor
both Compton and Albury Parish Councils. Some of Homes have moved ahead with the construction and
you may have seen Joanna in the Surrey Advertiser some concerns have been expressed about a planning
recently as she walked 100 miles from Sandwich to system which has enabled the owner and now the
Newhaven in five days, raising money for the Royal developer to submit a number of amendments over
British Legion. Joanna will work with Julie on key time. Originally the Parish Council had supported the
pieces of business that will include finalising the application for two and three bedroom semi-detached
budget and preparing for the Parish Council elections and detached properties; but these have now become
in May. Both appointments were formally agreed, as three and four bedroom semi-detached and detached
was the related spend in the 2018/19 budget to pay the properties. The Parish Council agreed to object to this
locum fees. application because it had originally supported the
Councillors moved on to discuss the first draft of smaller units which were now being increased
the budget and its key components, bearing in mind incrementally.
pressures from Waverley Borough Council and the Having spent valuable time on the budget and
costs of a Parish Council election in 2019. The resource processes, the meeting received positive
Clerk’s salary and on-costs were agreed for the reports from all village organisations. Councillors
coming year, as were annual subscriptions. The costs were looking forward to the tea party at the Village
of village maintenance were discussed in detail, as Hall on 15 December to thank people for their support
they are the Parish Council’s largest outgoing and for the Hall and to the carols at the Village Shop on
suffer from the largest cuts that are being made to Christmas Eve.
Surrey County Council’s budget. It was agreed to The Chairman closed the meeting by offering
raise the maintenance budget in anticipation of little, if sincere thanks to Caroline White for her year in post
any, grant from Surrey towards maintenance in as Clerk. All Councillors wished Caroline well with
2019/20. her freelance business endeavours and Caroline in turn
It was agreed that the precept would need to be thanked Councillors for their support and tireless work
put up to meet the increasing costs of administration, for the Parish.
The Leonard Cheshire Home at Hydon Hill held its Christmas Fair on 29 November. The inmates are also
celebrating the season in style with some wonderful decorations.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 6
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Misc
Nothing has come to hand for Parish & People this month, but that doesn’t mean that things don’t go on
happening. So here’s a round-up of some of material that’s come the way of the magazine and which
may be of use or of interest – or both. We start with winter weather.
T he meteorological winter starts in December so,
although at the time of going to press it hadn’t
set in in earnest, it’s worth noting that the
Hambledon Village website has a section containing
advice and emergency contacts, up-dated for the 2018-
reverse charge and 999 calls are free but you will need
a bank card for all other calls.
Keep torches handy and make sure you have a
supply of batteries. A battery-operated radio will also
come in useful for listening to local bulletins: tune in
19 season. It can be found on the right hand side of to BBC Surrey on 104.6FM or Eagle Radio on
the opening page of the website, headed Winter 96.4FM or on DAB and Internet if available. The
Weather Advice and Emergency Numbers. village website will also carry up-dates.
Although the Parish Council has an emergency During cold spells and weather-related
plan in place, there are many simple precautions that disruptions, please keep an eye on your neighbours,
people can take to help them cope with cuts to power particularly those living alone or who are infirm.
supplies and telephone lines – problems that have If conditions are severe the Parish Council
affected Hambledon in the past and which are usually emergency plan volunteers will do their best to assist
caused by high winds or heavy snow. with individual issues as well as with general
If power fails, so do the many household phones problems around the village such as fallen branches,
that cannot function without electricity. So make sure snow blocking roads/paths/drives and maintaining
you have a stand-by phone that does not need a power contact with external agencies. The volunteers are
supply. The Parish Council has a small supply: if you Stewart Payne (07831 393561) and Mike Parry (07765
require one, please leave your details at the Village 242740), assisted by Arthur Frearson (01428 683812
Shop. or 01252 722973), Tim Coleman (07838 763767) and
Mobile phone lines can also fail during severe Nick Watson (07770 553686). Contact details for
weather so it is worth remembering that the public public bodies including utility and travel companies,
phone box at the Shop will continue to work unless local councils and hospitals can be found in the Useful
the overhead lines have been brought down. Operator, Information section of the magazine.
Dog owners to clean up after their pets or risk a fine
A t its meeting on 11 December Waverley
Borough Council approved a Public Space
Protection Order (PSPO) to ban dog fouling
across the entire Borough.
and finishing point will have to dispose of their dog
waste bags at home. However, it is hoped that
Waverley (or the National Trust, as the owner of the
land) will install a dog mess bin at the car park.
The Order comes into effect from 1 January and Before setting up the PSPO Waverley sought
means that dog owners and dog walkers will need to residents’ views and 96 per cent of those asked agreed
clean up their dog’s mess and dispose of it appropriate- that dog owners should clear up after their pets
ly and immediately. The order also requires the person immediately. Those who fail to do so will be issued a
walking the dog(s) to have the means to pick up (such Fixed Penalty Notice for a fine of up to £10. Failure
as dog mess bags) with them. to pay may lead to prosecution and a fine of up to
For the time being the many dog walkers who £1,000. However, there will be a three-month warning
use the Hambledon Church car park as their starting period before fines start to be issued.
T he most important news is that Samuel Joseph
Lindley was born on 29 November. Really
exciting for Katie – many congratulations.
Hambletots will start again in January. Have a
look at the What’s On pages for all the dates and for
further information.
Correction: in the last issue it was reported that The Cider House in Shackleford had closed. In fact it’s still going
strong – the reference should perhaps have been to the former Cider House at Catteshall. Sorry!
And finally: huge appreciation from the Editors for all the people who, in their different ways, keep the Magazine
going – contributors, both regular and occasional; advertisers; distributors; and last, but by no means least,
readers. Thanks to you we have had some bumper issues in 2018: here’s hoping for even more in 2019!..
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 7
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What’s ha
will meet on 9, 16, 23, and 30 January
Friday 4 January, 8 pm Friday 18 January, 8 pm
Now a family man living in As her marriage to Jack
London, Christopher Robin flounders, eminent
receives a surprise visit High Court judge Fiona
from his old childhood pal, book tickets online Maye has a lifechanging
Winnie-the-Pooh. With chiddingfoldcinerna.corn decision to make at
Christopher's help, Pooh Tickets £6 Adults, work: should she force
embarks on a journey to £3 for under 15s a teenage boy, Adam to
find his friends, Tigger, (where permitted) have the blood transfu-
Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rab- sion that will save his
bit, Kanga and Roo. Once reunited, life? Her unorthodox visit to his
the lovable bear and the gang travel hospital bedside has a profound impact on them
to the big city to help Christopher both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and
rediscover the joy of life … Star- long-buried feelings in her. Starring
ring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci & Fionn Whitehead
Ewan McGregor as Christopher Robin
Thank you to all our Nexus members and friends for your support in 2018. We wish you a very
Happy New Year. We are delighted to start our 2019 programme, on Thursday 10 January, with
a talk by (The Hon. Mr Justice) Andrew Baker, on “What it means to be a High
Court Judge?” It promises to bring fascinating insights into our British legal system. Meet in
Busbridge Church Centre at 8pm, when with New Year drinks and nibbles, to share our festive
news, before Andrew’s talk. All are very welcome, including men for this event!
Our 2019 programme will be available at the meeting, so come along and pick up your copy. We
look forward to seeing you! We’ll collect subscriptions at this meeting. Membership remains
£18 per year, and £5 per evening for non-members. Cheques to Nexus, please. Subscriptions and fees cover
speakers’ gifts, welcome drinks & nibbles, tea/coffee afterwards, donations to charities, for 2019 Hydon Hill
Cheshire Home For more phone Janet Harvey on 423264 or Kate Kaye on 415296 or find us on
www.bhcgodalming.org/groups
CLOCKHOUSE CINEMA PRESENTS:
FRIDAY 18 January, at Chapel Lane Milford GU8 5EZ
Doors open 6.45pm Film starts 7.30pm Licensed Bar
Tickets £5 from The Clockhouse, 01483 420668 Charity 1059045
The true and compelling story about the keepers (Antonina and
Dr Jan Zabiń ski) of the Warsaw Zoo who helped save hundreds of
people from Nazi hands during World War II, with engaging
performances from Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brü hl,
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 8
The Clockhouse Lecture series
A Very Secret War:
Bugging Hitler’s Generals in WWII
Friday 1 February 7 for 7.30
Lecturer: Dr Helen Fry
Tickets: £15 each, includes a two-course supper. Licensed Bar
For tickets and information, please contact The Manager on 01483 420 668
The Clockhouse, Chapel Lane, Milford, GU8 5EZ
Registered Charity 1059045
on 2 February, at 8.30 a m
Ladies, do come and join us for a lovely breakfast and good company,
at the West Surrey Golf Club. Our speaker will be Annie Sneller.
Tickets on sale from the Village Shop until Monday 28 January
THE FRIENDS OF QUIZ EVENING Saturday 2 February
Reg.Charity No 1080617 at 7.30pm at Chiddingfold Village Hall
friendsofchiddsurgery.org APPLICATION FOR TICKETS
To apply please give: Name, Address, Contact phone or email; Team name (teams of 8)
Meals Required: Number of ploughman’s suppers; number of tickets required @£15 each
Total payable, cheques payable to The Friends of Chiddingfold Surgery
and send to: FCS Quiz Evening, c/o Wetwood Rough, High St Green, Chiddingfold, GU8 4XY
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 9
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 10
Happy New Year! The Village Shop
Gill’s going straight to the point this month – with a
view to helping anyone who may not yet have hit on
the perfect New Year resolution.
I hope that your Christmas was all you hoped it
would be and that 2019 will be getting off to a
good start. And now that Christmas is over, I’m
going to appeal to all of you who are making New
Year Resolutions to include one that involves
If you are interested, do please contact me at
villageshop@hambledonsurrey.co.uk to arrange a ‘try
out session’ and find out what it’s like working at the
Shop.
Speaking from personal experience, it’s a
contributing more to village life this year. wonderful place to work. It never ceases to amaze me
Hambledon Village Shop needs volunteers for that a bunch of people with nothing else in common
the following shifts on the TILL: other than geographical proximity can pull together
- Every Tuesday 08:00-11:00 and run a successful business that benefits the whole
- Alternate Tuesdays 15:00-17:30 community. The buzz and the sense of goodwill that
- Alternate Wednesdays 08:00-11:00 our little enterprise generates is not to be under-
- Alternate Thursdays 13:00-15:00 estimated and to be a part of it is deeply satisfying.
- Every Friday 13:00-15:00 So, if you want to be involved in something
- Alternate Fridays 15:00-17:30 rather special, please get in touch. You will receive a
- Saturday afternoons (1 in 4) 14:00-16:30 from April warm welcome and lots of support from colleagues
to September who will most likely turn into good friends.
- Sunday afternoons (1 in 4) 12:00-14:30 in Winter, Now, that’s what I call a Happy New Year!
12:00-16:30 in Summer Gill
Keeping up with the Met
Or rather, the Met Office trying to keep up with the weather.
Earthworm is intrigued by the contrasting conditions of the last
two months, and by the attempts to explain them.
I t hardly seems possible, muses Earthworm, that
not only has Christmas come and gone with all its
hype and build-up but that another year has sped
by too. One needs to look back and reflect on how
that year has passed, be it good or bad, happy or sad.
easterlies that sent Earthworm burrowing down to the
lower depths of his lovely warm heap and even brought
snow to higher ground. Wet, windy but mild was then
the pattern into December..
Earthworm has learnt of intriguing links between
No doubt for most a mixture with highlights and some the solar cycle and winters. The cycle is roughly an 11-
lows. Earthworm does not much enjoy moving house year one related to sunspot activity, even though this is
– that is definitely a low, but happily one that only 93 million miles away. Now is a quiet time for sunspots
occurs about every two years. He also does not really and this can lead to cold. There was some excitement
like house-sharing. That happens most years and he that there might be snow for Christmas. As we go to
has developed a tolerance for the “invaders”, the grass press we do not yet know, as late December was also
snakes, as he does realise the good they do in the forecast to be wet, windy and with heavy storms: a bit
garden. All those slugs that they eat – but he fears of a contradiction, especially when they also say that if
they also eat the frogs and Earthworm likes the frogs. it is dry it will be colder. What is one to deduce from
The Met Office reported “funny weather all of that, thinks Earthworm? Snow in December is
patterns” for November and December. They not that usual, with falls happening more frequently
explained it in terms of wind direction which intrigues later in the winter season and even in March. In fact
Earthworm. Southerly winds blow mild but wet air in we are more likely to have snow at Easter than Christ-
and, while this might be described as “a good thing” mas. So perhaps we should just continue to “dream of
in terms of replenishing the much-depleted aquifers a white Christmas”. The last one was in 2010. As to
following on from the very dry summer, they also what constitutes a white Christmas, readers may be
brought uncommon warmth for mid-November with surprised to learn that the Met Office definition is “one
some astonishingly sunny days. The poor plants did flake falling on the ground sometime over the 24 hours
not know what to think, with spring flowers blooming of 25 December”! Certainly not what Earthworm
and summer plants enjoying a second spell of would call a “white Christmas”. Happily Earthworm
florifisence. However, all was to change with cold is not a betting man!
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 11Not quite up for all the Cups
Neither the Reserves nor the A team were able to keep their County Cup hopes
alive but all is not lost: the First team is still in with a Cup chance. As for the
Vets, there’s no stopping them, as Matt Kiley reports.
H ambledon travelled to Cranleigh in the
Premier Cup game, needing. They needed a
win to keep alive their hopes of getting
through to the next stages. The away side started
brightly with Will Grove lashing his shot wide of the
but they couldn’t get the all-important goal – though
this finally happened with Matt Trevail sweeping
home. Further chances came but they couldn’t make
the game interesting in the last 10 minutes.
Next up they welcomed Chiddingfold to Badger
far post following a flick on from Jay Kotecha after a Park. This time they found themselves in a healthy
Ryan Luff lofted free kick. Josh Hill came to the 3-0 lead at the break with Michael Cheesman scoring
rescue on 32 minutes when a failed Matt Metcalfe and Dave Tye adding a brace. The second half was
clearance fell to Cranleigh’s striker; but Josh ex- very scrappy and Hambledon took their foot of the
pertly denied him from eight yards out. In the second gas. Chiddingfold pulled one back but the Dons made
half Cranleigh stepped things up and got a goal on 57 sure of the points with Marlon Gibson heading home
minutes when a cross down the left was swung in: from a Charlie Reddick corner.
with two men at the far post, one of them headed in to Hambledon then faced unbeaten Cranleigh away
make the score 1-0. As the Dons tried to push for an on a very boggy pitch. They got off to the worst
equaliser Cranleigh scored again – a nice shot from possible start with Max Dodson heading home an own
the right side in the box to finish the game. goal. The Dons had their chances but couldn’t find a
Hambledon played hosts to local rivals Shalford way through. It looked to be one of those days, with
in the Cyril West Cup Group game 1. Within six the Cranleigh striker smashing home from outside the
minutes Kuda Kamoto put the home side in front with box in the second half. Hambledon had numerous gilt
a tap in at the near post. It only took him another 17 edged chances and should have drawn, let alone won,
minutes to get his hat trick. From then on Hambledon the game; but they could only convert one with the
romped home to a strong victory, winning 8-0 with the retuning Paul Wicks heading home from close range.
other goals coming from Will Grove, Paul Bradbury Hambledon A also crashed out of the County
and Matt Metcalfe. A good start for Hambledon in Cup against West Byfleet Albion who are two
this cup where they’ll look to progress and get to a cup divisions above. However they kept up their good
final. league form, first of all with a home win against
Hambledon Reserves were left frustrated during Surrey Dynamos (4-2) and then another against AFC
the rest of November. First of all Cranleigh were not Hampton (6-2, with one goal from Matt Trevail, two
able to field a team so the game against them had to be each from Sam Simmons and Ollie Jones and one
called off and will be replayed at a later date. Then the from Darren Martin). This leaves them in touching
away game to Chobham was called off distance of early league leaders
due to a water-logged pitch. This left Hindhead.
the Reserves with only one more game The Vets beat old rivals
and that saw them crash out of the Hindhead 3-0 at Badger Park with
County Cup 4-2 to Windlesham. They goals from Martin Cosser (2) and
used the competition to give players not Lee Graffham. They then made it
playing regularly the opportunity to get three league wins on the bounce
some game time; but on a tough pitch with an enthralling 6-4 win over
and with very strong sun making Bourne Blades on a quagmire of a
visibility hard, they found themselves pitch. Having trailed 3-1 with half
3-0 down after only 20 minutes. They an hour to go, the Dons smashed
pulled a goal back which went down as five goals in to lead 6-3, with
an own goal. Then Michael Cheesman Bourne scoring a consolation goal
had a great chance to make it 3-2 but at the end. Martin Cosser was in
the defender got back to block. Disaster the goals again with a hat trick;
struck just before half time as Paul Marlon Gibson scored two,
Cook was caught on the ball, enabling including a cracking free kick; and
Windlesham to take full advantage and Man of the Match Lee Graffham
to have a healthy 4-1 lead at the break. scored the other.
Hambledon made five changes at The Dons go into the local
half time and went for the game. It derby with Elstead full of Christ-
was all Hambledon in the second half Martin Cosser scoring for the Vets mas cheer and second in the league.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 12A photographer’s paradise! Hambledon
Sue Strudwick reports on the latest Long Walk which took participants along
the Basingstoke Canal towpath, where Sheelagh Vacher took the scenic photos:
the water was so still that the reflections were perfect – not a ripple in sight. Then Ramblers
it was on through MoD land to Frimley Green and lunch.
I t was bright and sunny when we did our pre-
Christmas walk, quite a contrast to last year when
we had to trudge through several inches of snow.
We started our walk around Frimley and Frimley
Green at the Frimley Lodge Park – worth a visit if
you have young children or grandchildren visiting.
Frimley Lodge Park is a 24 hectare site that boasts a
range of facilities for all ages and hosts events for the
whole family including lots of open space and
woodland, picnic areas, two children's playgrounds, a
trim trail, miniature railway and meadows, and pitch
and putt courses available
to hire.
The walk took us
along the Basingstoke 1800s. In 1801 the government enclosed common
Canal towpath, a riverside land, which everyone had previously shared for
path, woodland, heath and grazing and harvesting fuel in the form of wood and
urban streets. We made peat. The new enclosures were distributed to the rich
our way towards Deepcut for farming, increasing levels of poverty for the
which has a distinctive remaining masses. Locally, the authorities put aside
village sign adorned with this area of heath land for the poorest villagers to
lock gates and wild red harvest wood and peat and it is still known as the
roses. The design was in- Frimley Fuel Allotments to-day.
spired by a conversation We then went through the St Catherine’s
between the blacksmith SANGS (Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space),
and the local lock keeper an area designated for local people to use for games
who mentioned that he was and dog walking, to ease the impact on the more
always sorry to have to cut environmentally sensitive areas of the Thames Valley
back the beautiful wild Basin Special Protection Area.
roses each year so that the After passing through St Peter’s churchyard and
lock gates could be making a brief comfort stop at the church, we
operated safely by canal continued through the streets of Frimley, towards the
users. railway station, and then on to the Blackwater Valley
We then continued Path South, past Frimley Bridge Lake. The lake
into woodland (which originated from the 1950s when gravel was extracted
unfortunately was strewn from the area. Once extraction finished in the 1980s
with plastic bottles and tin the pits were allowed to flood, forming lakes teeming
cans) and passed the with wildlife.
entrance to the Royal After passing between two areas of fenced
Logistics Corps barracks and headquarters. private lakes we had to cross the railway line which,
Continuing through the woodland we caught sight of although an official crossing, was not signalled. From
movement, which materialised into a lone there it was only a short walk to our lunch stop, the
camouflaged soldier “guarding” dozens of very heavy- Rose & Thistle pub, on the edge of Frimley Green.
looking kit bags. He told us they weighed 40 kg each After lunch it was a five minute stroll back to the cars.
and he was waiting for more soldiers, presumably to Thanks to the Three Graces for an interesting
do a training trek through and varied walk.
the woods. Running
Next Walk: Tuesday 8 January
along one side of the path
was a moss covered Meet at the Village Hall at 9am
ridge, peppered with Leaders: Maria and Martin Birch
many old tree stumps – a Further details from
good example of a Helena Hockridge
boundary bank, probably 01428 684352 or 07768 548099
dating from the early helena@kis-solutions.co.uk
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 13Hambledon Nursery School
The start of the new school year saw Kate Walford picking up the
reins as Head Teacher at the Nursery School. As she recounts,
it’s proved to be a busy, fun-filled and very happy first term.
F irst of all, I have enjoyed seeing how the new
starters, who joined us in September, have
settled and grown in confidence over the term. It
is a pleasure to get to know new families and establish
strong links with the parents of the children attending
and a builder, plus one dad who dazzled the children
with his Spiderman-like skills as a tree surgeon,
swinging through the trees as he chopped down
branches with his chainsaw.
The weather at the start of term was still warm
the nursery. and sunny and we spent lots of time outdoors on
We have had so many wonderful activities and woodland walks, toasting marshmallows on a bonfire
experiences, but one highlight has to be ‘Occupations’ in our large outdoor area and going on bug hunts. In
week in which many of our amazingly supportive addition, we have had lots of special days and events
parents gave up their time to talk to the children about to look back on this term. We held our harvest service
their jobs. We had a doctor, a chef, a window cleaner at St Peter’s Church at the end of September and the
children sang songs and gave thanks for the food we
have. Another memorable day was raising money for
Children in Need in November, by arriving at
nursery in dressing-up clothes or pyjamas: staff and
children alike all took part together.
As I write this, it is the last week of term and we
are very much looking forward to our Christmas
Nativity. This year we are telling the traditional
Christmas story through a nativity entitled ‘Whoop-A-
Daisy’ Angel and the children have been practising
the songs with great enthusiasm. So my first term as
Head Teacher is drawing to a close in a flurry of
excitement, glitter, mince pie making and Christmas
tree decorating. It is a truly magical time of the year
to be working with such young and delightful
children. I cannot help but smile every day and feel
Kate in front of the lovely nativity scene that the children very lucky and privileged to be doing the role I now
made for the wall have at Hambledon Nursery School.
The cost of Christmas
We all wanted to join in the fun and be generous with gifts for our family and friends; but if
we spend beyond our means we can find ourselves starting the New Year in financial difficulties.
I t’s easy to throw caution to the winds and think
that the debts can be paid off in the New Year;
but with a bit of care it’s possible to avoid that
situation. Here are some steps you can take and which
might help in future.
4. Compare the two lists and see if and when you
might have some money to spare.
5. Only then make a list of extra things you would
like to buy, together with their likely costs. If there
isn’t enough money for them, can you cut down or
1. Work out what money you have, including any share the cost(s) with someone else?
savings you have ear-marked. 6. If you do need to borrow money or pay for some
2. Work out when you will paid earnings and/or things on credit, try to ensure you can pay it back in a
benefits (in both December and January) and estimate reasonable time and at as low a rate of interest as
how much you will receive. possible.
3. Make a list of all the payments which are due in You can find Top Tips for Borrowing, together
December and January and the dates they are due. with a budgeting tool, on the Citizens Advice website:
Start with the essential ones such as rent or mortgage, https:www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/
Council Tax and court debts; then carry on with borrowing-money/top-tips-for-borrowing. Or contact
insurance, utility bills, household costs, transport, etc. Citizens Advice Waverley for free, confidential advice.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 14What’s happening at ...
Having rounded off the old year with a tea party to celebrate all things
new at the Village Hall, 2019 will be getting off to a flying start, first of all
with a table top sale in February and then, in April, with a very special evening of entertainment
I t’s been a memorable year for the Village Hall,
kicking off with Bums on Seats! This highly
successful sponsorship campaign, launched at the
Hall’s View a Chair stall at the Fete which formed
part of the Hambledon Midsummer Festival, exceeded
Whilst Committee members are more than
grateful to the Community Fund, the sponsors of the
chairs and several individual donors for their financial
support, they’ve not been resting on their laurels.
Numerous fund-raising events have included, in 2017,
expectations, raising two quizzes, a theatre performance and a fashion
not only enough show. In 2018 a jumble sale, which caused a traffic
money to replace 50 jam outside the Hall, raised over £1,000; there has
of the oldest chairs been another theatre performance and a repeat of the
but also to enable ever-popular Quiz ’n Pie night; and the pantomime is
the sponsors to be yet to come.
commemorated by a To celebrate so much
small name plaque activity and to enable the
on the back of each Committee members to thank
one. everyone who supports the
And that was just the start. The interior of the Hall, they hosted a tea party
Hall was repainted in July (the entrance lobby and the on 15 December. Despite its
toilets have yet to be done). A donation of £2,000 undoubtedly having been the
from the proceeds of the Midsummer Festival coldest and wettest afternoon
financed a new rainwater soak-away under the car of the year, over 60 villagers
park, which should improve the damp problem from braved the elements to enjoy
which the Hall has suffered for years. New storage a delicious tea and to get a
heaters have been purchased, together a new coin foretaste of some of the
metre, a new fridge and a new urn; and the loft has events already planned for
been insulated. Finally in 2018, new emergency 2019.
lighting was installed inside and outside the Hall. As an alternative
But the pièce de resistance must surely be the to a jumble sale,
new stage curtains. The old ones had been in place there will be a table
since at least the 1950s and were on their last legs (or top sale from 2 -
rather, threads). The Village Hall Committee there- 4pm on 2 February.
fore applied to the Hambledon Community Fund for a People can rent a
grant and was very generously awarded £3,176 – table for £20 and
sufficient to cover the complete replacement costs and then sell their own
also the second largest grant made to date by the Fund. goods/jumble and
Advertising the highlights keep the profits.
(No electrical items, please.) The entrance fee for
buyers will be 50p. Tea and cake will be available to
buy on the day. Please see What’s On for details of
how to book your table.
The next highlight will be on 5 April when
the Committee will proudly present a very special
evening of poetry, music and comedy with Ian
McMillan and Luke Carver Goss. Poetry fans will be
familiar with Ian McMillan, ‘the Bard of Barnsley’,
from his many appearances on Radio 4, on television
and his regular Friday evening
programme on Radio 3, The
Verb. He and Luke have been
travelling the country’s village
halls with their special tailor-
made celebration of all things
A fitting end to 2018 – Committee Chair Ruth Canham ‘village hall’. They have a huge
with committee members Anthea Edwards, Kim Cross following so don’t miss out on
(Treasurer), Paul Vacher (Secretary), Paul Stone, Julie getting a ticket (£12.50). They’ll
Atkin and Mary Grove showing off the new curtains at be available at the Village Shop
the tea party on 15 December (we’ll let you know when).
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 15Village help-
help-line
Surrey isn’t the only county where telephone boxes are under
threat – in the whole of Derbyshire only 124 of the formerly
ubiquitous red K6 boxes are left and BT is on the prowl.
Which is why one of its villages contacted Hambledon for help.
A
kiosk.
small village on the edge of the Derbyshire
Peak District has turned to Hambledon for
help in keeping its traditional red telephone
cannot be removed by BT, although it could still be
disconnected at some time in the future. The official
recommendation in 2010 read “This telephone kiosk is
situated in a picturesque landscape setting, next to a
Villagers in Simmondley, near Glossop, pond and Post Office, within a conservation area and
contacted Hambledon Parish Council after reading an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The kiosk
about how it had succeeded in getting the red K6-type undoubtedly comtributes to the exceptional rural
phone box outside the Village Shop and Post Office setting in which it stands.”
listed as Grade II by Historic England. The Parish Not all of these criteria will apply to the kiosk at
Council also objected to proposals by BT back in 2008 Simmondley. But Stewart has suggested several
to disconnect the box, arguing that it was the only one matters that could be put forward to help the villagers’
in the village and should be retained for emergency fight to keep their kiosk.
use. And there is some good news. BT has agreed to
The kiosk in Simmondley (pictured above) is on postpone its consultation to remove the box until later
the Village Green and BT has proposed disconnecting in 2019 and the issue is being discussed by the local
it, on the grounds that, in this day of mobile phones, Parish Council. A Facebook page has ben set up to
few people use public call boxes anymore. Various spearhead a campaign to keep the kiosk in working
attempts to secure its future met with no success, so condition and this will be delivered to BT when it
residents turned to Hambledon. One wrote “Our reopens the consultation.
community group applied to Historic England for * Hambledon’s kiosk remains in working order
permission to list the kiosk as it is under threat of to this day, although it no longer accepts coins.
being decommissioned. However, we have been Emergency calls can be made free of charge and
turned down. Would you be kind enough to share reverse charge calls can be made through the operator.
your application arguments for listing, as clearly we A bank card is required for all other calls.
have not made a very good case.” * However, Busbridge Parish Council is in
Hambledon Parish Councillor Stewart Payne, discussions with BT over the future of the red phone
who was involved in making the application for kiosk at the Hydestile Crossroads, a prominent land-
listing, has been in touch with Simmondley and mark at the entrance to Hambledon. Currently the
explained the case that Hambledon put forward. It Council pays BT a contribution towards its continued
stressed the importance of location, pointing out that maintenance as a working pay phone. But very few
the kiosk was in a conservation area and a much- calls have been made from the kiosk and it is likely
cherished village landscape in which the red phone that the Council will end the agreement with BT and
box was an important component part. instead “adopt” the box and have it restored and
After visiting the site, Historic England (then repainted. The equipment will be removed but its
known as English Heritage) recommended to the light will remain connected and it may be used to
Department for Culture, Media and Sport that the house a defibrillator. A final decision will be made at
kiosk be designated as Grade II. This means that it the end of a statutory consultation period.
Who’s for cricket – in 2019?
Come and play some real village cricket for Hambledon this year.
As Ginger Blackman reminds us, the new season will soon be with us.
B ut first of all there’s an AGM to attend to. As ambitious, a friendly one) or becoming a non-playing
previously announced it, will be held on member and perhaps getting involved in some of the
Tuesday 19 February in the Cricket Pavilion, many Club activities, be it umpiring or making teas.
starting at 8 pm. Everyone is welcome to come along, Not to mention the Junior sides which once again are
particularly those who might be interested in joining expected to range from 7 to 9-year olds up to the under
one of the teams (there’s a league side and, for the less -15s and for which plenty of help also is needed.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 16A simple soup
White bean and onion soup with fresh thyme is a deliciously light
but flavourful and filling soup. It is also the perfect January
antidote to a over-indulgent December. Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
60g butter one tin of cannellini beans, drained
1kg onions, sliced as thinly as you possibly can 3tbsp single cream
1/2 tbsp yellow mustard seeds one short baguette, sliced very thinly
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme leaves 60g finely grated gruyere
3 tablespoons cider vinegar chopped parsley to serve
1.5 litres chicken stock salt and pepper
METHOD
Melt the butter and cook the onions very s-l-o-w-l-y. Keep the soup warm while you deal with the
It might take up to half an hour, but be patient. baguette slices.
Tip in the mustard seeds, cook for 2 Lay the thin slices on the grill, drizzle
minutes, then add the thyme and vinegar lightly with olive oil and slide under a
and cook until the vinegar is absorbed. hot grill until golden. Turn over and
Add the stock and bring to the boil, then sprinkle with grated gruyere . Pop back
reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 under the grill until the cheese is melted,
minutes. Pour in the beans and heat then remove and keep warm. Take the
through, then mash with a potato masher, soup off the heat and swirl through the
not to a pulp, just until the colour starts to cream. Season to taste and sail the
lighten and you have lots of nice crunchy cheese toasties on the top, scattered
lumps. with parsley.
Sam Gates
077445 980482
sam@samgatesfood.co.uk
www.samgatesfood.co.uk
Morning Tea
A vicar in a small country church was looking forward to an important visit from his bishop which would
involve the bishop staying overnight at the vicarage after the service. His young son became very excited as
he had never spoken to a bishop before.
The vicar decided that his young son should be allowed to knock on the bishop’s door in the morning and take
him in his morning tea. His father gave him instructions: “First, knock on the door of the bishop’s room and
then say loud and clear: “It’s the boy, my Lord, it’s time to get up.”
The young son was very excited and rehearsed his lines, repeating them over and over. Finally, the bishop
came and spent the night. Next morning the young lad went to the door and knocked. He cried loudly: “It’s the
Lord, my boy, and your time is up!”
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019 Page 17GOD The Adoration of the Kings
IN THE
ARTS London’s National Gallery, built in the style of an ancient Greek temple,
houses one of the finest collections of European paintings in the world.
During 2019 the Rev. Michael Burgess will be journeying through it and
exploring some of its treasures.
W e begin our journey in this month of January
as we celebrate another journey: the three
kings (or wise men) travelling from afar to
offer their gifts to the Christ Child as painted by
Sandro Botticelli. The name ‘Botticelli’ (‘little
barrel’) was originally given to an older brother,
presumably because he was portly; but it was adopted
as the family surname.
Botticelli was born in Florence around 1445. He
spent almost all his life in the city, apart from a couple
of years when he worked on the decoration of the
Sistine Chapel. He seems to have become the most
sought-after artist in Florence and he painted The Ado-
ration of the Kings in 1470-75. It is one of five depic-
tions he made of the Epiphany, as Florence had a great
devotion to the wise men. A confraternity of the Magi
was attached to the church of San Marco and the city
always celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany with
spectacular processions about the city. The Pucci
family, who may have commissioned this picture,
were supporters of the ruling Medici and probably
chose the subject of the Adoration because of its
association with them. Cosimo de' Medici had his This story explains the presence of decaying
own cell in San Marco decorated with a fresco of the Roman buildings in many 15th century depictions of
Adoration; and in the Medici palace chapel portraits the Adoration. Although Botticelli does not allude to
of the family and their allies are placed in the retinue any one specific ancient Roman building still extant,
of the Kings. he gives here a sense of their sheer scale and heft,
Having entered the temple of the National perhaps inspired by an awareness of the lofty ruins of
Gallery panel, our eyes notice first of all that the the Basilica of Maxentius (believed to be the Temple
monumental building that fills almost two thirds of it of Peace by various Renaissance writers) and the
resembles a ruined basilica, a building type that Baths of Caracalla.
originated with the state meeting halls of ancient One final important element of Botticelli’s
Rome and which was later employed for the larger building is its ecclesiastical character, evoked by its
early Christian churches – including old St Peter's in resemblance to the basilica churches of early
Rome A large central nave extends deep into the Christianity. The position of Mary within this church
picture, its massive arches supported by a series of tall is particularly significant. She is in the very middle of
rectangular piers. On the left-hand side a screen of the nave, a placement that renders her like an altar.
arches is all that remains of what may have been the By putting Mary here, Botticelli may well have been
arm of a transept, now reduced to a fragment. There is referring to the long tradition that associated the
no hint of what should have been a second transept – procession of the Kings before Mary and Jesus at the
Botticelli almost certainly excluded this to enable him Adoration with the procession of worshippers before
to depict a view of Jerusalem in the background. the altar at Mass. This is a theme to which he returned
The architecture continues in an increasingly in numerous Adorations
ruinous state into the foreground of the work. The depiction of the Holy Family with Mary
Botticelli’s less-than-serene wreck of a building thus holding her new-born son in the still centre of the
contains within it not just a potent sense of the effects panel is a sign of the new church that will grow and
of time’s passage but also a sense that time is still flourish out of the pagan ruins. The still centre of
passing. The ruins and the wooden roof perched in the new life is surrounded by the three kings and a large
nave have a specific symbolic message which alludes crowd. We can see horses as well, and a peacock – a
to the idea that, with Christ’s birth, the Christian Christian symbol of immortality. Amid that panoply
church rose out of the ruins of the old pagan religion. of animals and people we might even see ourselves
More precisely, The Golden Legend reported that, coming with the kings to offer our gifts and to find,
when the Temple of Peace in Rome was built, the like them, hope and light in the birth of Mary’s child.
Oracle of Apollo foretold that it would stand only until Around the scene a new day dawns – it is the light of
a virgin gave birth to a child – a prophecy that came to God’s glory that can shine on us and on our world in
pass when it collapsed on the night of Jesus’ birth. this new year of His good grace.
Hambledon Parish Magazine, January 2019, Page 18Enjoy the wonderful winter sights & colours The Garden
One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long time in January
To behold the junipers shagged with ice, The spruces rough in the distant glitter
Of the January sun; and not to think Of any misery in the sound of the wind, In the
sound of a few leaves, Which is the sound of the land Full of the same wind That is blowing in the
same bare place
For the listener, who listens in the snow, And, nothing himself, beholds Nothing that is not there and…
A good time to enjoy the winter wonderland in
the garden and to start preparing for spring by
getting the seed catalogues out.
Shrubs and Trees: Roses bloom best in sunny spots,
but some do well in partial shade such as R. “Gertrude
Jekyll”, rich pink; “R. Sally Holmes”, single flowered
pale pink to white; and R “Prosperity”, large creamy
Perennials, Annuals and Bulbs: Have you been white. For a north-facing wall choose climbers or
given a Christmas cactus in flower? They are very ramblers such as R. “Adelaide D’Orleans”, white; or
colourful, but how do you look after them success- R. “Madame Alfred Carriere”, white flushed soft pink.
fully as they sometimes drop their flower buds? To Shrubs with winter interest worth thinking about
help avoid this, try to keep them at a temperature of 13 are Hamamelis; Cornus; and Sarcococca, Nandina.
-15°C and water sparingly, but don’t let the compost They are available from garden centres at this time of
dry out completely. Wait until spring before you repot year; but delay planting if the ground is frozen or
them; then, to get them to re-flower next year, let water-logged.
them rest for two months, keeping them cool and
Veges and Fruit: Look through seed catalogues and
watering rarely. Finally, stand them outside in summer
websites and visit the local garden centre to choose
in a shady spot before bringing them indoors again in
seeds, onion sets and seed potatoes. Do try a few new
the autumn. I bring the really tender plants into my
varieties against your favourites, as many older
conservatory in late autumn but, as the season
varieties are not the same as they used to be. I am
progresses, they start to suffer from sap-sucking pests
limited for space so I only grow what I and my family
such as aphids, mealybugs and scale insects which
and friends enjoy.
feed on sap by piercing plants with their mouthparts.
Tomatoes are one of the first seeds I sow,
Heavy infestations will weaken the plants or even kill
towards the end of January. As blight is always a
them: you might see a sticky coat on the leaves, left
problem I look for more resistant varieties such as
by their excretions. Biological controls can be used in
“Crimson Crush” which has a high yield; and
conservatories and greenhouses, but not indoors;
“Mountain Magic” which shows an even better blight
otherwise you can use systemic insecticides or spray
resistance. Both are quite late ripening, but that does
regularly with formulas based on plant oils.
not seem to matter. It may be worth considering
Sow sweet peas this month indoors, if not done
ordering a few vegetable plug plants of those veges of
in autumn; they will then be fairly big when planted
which you only need a few.
out in spring and will be able to fend for themselves.
The dormant season, January and February, is
Cut off leaves of hellebores, if not done already,
good for pruning some fruit such as apples and pears.
to avoid leaf spot and to reveal the flowers when they
Although I have been pruning these for some years,
come out later. Hellebores are not particularly fussy
I still like to remind myself how much to cut back:
where they grow, as long as the soil is full of nutrients
remove dead, rubbing and weak growth; shorten this
(so do feed every year at the end of August or in
year’s growth on main branches by a third to a bud
September) and free draining (so add organic matter).
facing the direction in which you want the branch to
They are happiest under deciduous trees or shrubs so
grow; then cut back side shoots to five or six buds.
that they get sun in February and March when they are
Force rhubarb by covering a plant with a tall
flowering and later get shade when the shrub/tree
light-proof container, such as a terracotta forcer or a
leaves return. Hellebores are best propagated by seed
plastic dustbin. Make sure to choose a different plant
but they can be divided just after flowering or in
to last year, as rhubarb needs a few years to recover.
September. There are so many varieties but among
those worth trying are H. “Anna’s Red” and “Penny’s Greenhouse: Now that I have a simple electric heater
Pink”. These make excellent cut flowers as well. in the greenhouse, I have invested in a max/min
As the winter progresses look out for self thermometer to check that the heater is keeping the
sowers – those plants that have a habit of coming up greenhouse at the correct temperature to protect the
wherever they like. I love drifts of Forget-Me-Nots, tender plants. There are even digital ones that allow
Erigeron, Ox-eyed Daisies, Poppies, Hollyhocks, monitoring from inside the house. I open the green-
Verbascum and Evening Primroses, to mention just a house door just a bit and turn the heater off on sunny
few. They need managing to get them where you want days when it is not too cold and I close it again an
them in the right quantity so you need to thin and hour or two later and turn the heater back on. This
transplant them; but be careful not to put mulch over helps the air to circulate and protects a bit against
them. mould.
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