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JUNE 2018
TATSFIELD
Parish Magazine
TATSFIELD SCHOOL SUMMER FAIR
“BESIDE THE SEASIDE”
DONKEY RIDES, STEEL BAND, CHILDREN’S RIDES
SATURDAY 9TH JUNE 12-3PM
MORE INFORMATION ON PAGE 38
one copy FREE
£1 to each household www.tatsfield.org.uk
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Produced for the Village by the Parish Magazine Committee under the authority of Tatsfield Church.
Editors • Tracey Syrett • Tara Barry
Chairman • Revd Vince Short
Treasurer • Madie Langford (577114) Distribution Manager • Terry Cartwright (577749)
Advertising Manager • Sarah Tait
Production Team
Ian Mitchell• Sule Morley • Christine Stainer
Carole Swetenham • Margaret Watson • Ruth Yeeles
CHURCH CONTACTS
ST MARY’S CHURCH, Church Lane, Tatsfield, TN16 2JX, www.lttm.org.uk
Anglican • Team Vicar: Revd. Vince Short
The Rectory, Ricketts Hill Road, Tatsfield, TN16 2NA (577289; vince@lttm.org.uk)
Wardens • Marjory Broughton (541059), Chris Hancock (577622)
COUNCIL CONTACTS
Parish Council Clerk • Mrs Samantha Head, 33 Alexandra Road, Warlingham CR6 9DW (07920 772880)
Chairman • Nichola Stokoe - Meadowside, Paynesfield Road, Tatsfield TN16 2BG (576443)
Parish Council website www.surreycommunity.info/tatsfield • email clerk@tatsfieldparishcouncil.org.uk
Tandridge District Councillor • Martin Allen, 38 Paynesfield Road, Tatsfiel d TN16 2BG (577201)
Surrey County Councillor • David Hodge, 30 Harestone Valley Road, Caterham CR3 6HD (01883 337881)
OTHER CONTACTS
St. Mary’s Church Hall - Bookings • Sheila Cook (577443)
Village Hall - Bookings Secretary • Helena Garcia (tatsfieldvillagehall@live.co.uk) (07983 011028)
W.I. Hall - Bookings • Sheila Cook (577443)
Parish Room - Bookings • (07920 772880) email clerk@tatsfieldparishcouncil.org.uk
Tatsfield Primary School - Head • Kevin Bellinger (577356)
Tatsfield Village Club - (577330)
Furze Corner Sports Pavilion - Bookings (07533 033325)
Doctors • Stock Hill Surgery (580011) • Westerham Surgery (564949)
Surrey Police - (101)
Tatsfield Helpline - (577749) • Pet Register - Val Moore (574810)
Village Web site: www.tatsfield.org.uk
MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS
We welcome contributions from village organisations and individual residents but reserve all editorial rights. Copy
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date for the Magazine is 16 of the preceding month. Ideally contributions should be sent as a Word
attachment in an email to: tatsfieldpm@gmail.com, alternatively they may be posted to: Tatsfield Parish Mag, The
Rectory, Ricketts Hill Road, Tatsfield, Westerham, TN16 2NA.
Enquiries concerning advertising or loose inserts should be made to Sarah Tait (tatsfieldmag@gmail.com)
Small Ads These are accepted only from Tatsfield or Titsey residents (No Trade) and are free of charge (Max 10
words plus phone number.) We will include them in the next issue space permitting.
Calendar Dates Our calendar usually covers six weeks or more from publication so please give us your dates in
good time. If you don’t want your event to clash with others why not check with us early?
Ideas/Opinions/Articles We are always looking for news of interest - please contact the Editorial Team on
tatsfieldpm@gmail.com.
Correspondence We welcome letters commenting on items in previous issues or on anything else.
Advertisements We take no responsibility for the goods and services advertised in the magazine.
16EDITORIAL
We have been working as editors for the magazine for six months now. It’s been fun!
We hope you are all enjoying the new look, and our monthly cover picture choices.
This month we’ve gone for something a bit further afield than Tatsfield, to celebrate
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the fact that there will be donkey rides at the school fair this year (Saturday 9 June).
Do pop along and share in all the fun of the seaside, here in the Tatsfield “Alps”!
We also hope you are enjoying the new ‘five minutes with’ interview towards the end
of the magazine. We are hoping to feature a range of locals, from those that have been
here for years, as have their parents, to new residents with an interesting story to tell.
If you’d like your fellow residents to know more about you and what you do, please do
get in touch with us and we’d love to feature you in an issue soon.
Tatsfield Parish Magazine has been successfully providing information on village
activities and issues for almost 23 years (in its current incarnation, and even longer as
the church newsletter). It is delivered to over 750 homes within the parish borders,
and with its availability on the Tatsfield Village website (tatsfield.org.uk) reaches even
further, to previous villagers and friends. Of course, social media means that village
news and announcements can be sent to members of the village in no time at all, and
this is of course invaluable. We hope you still value the in-depth coverage of village
activities that the magazine provides in its monthly format - and of course if you are
like us, we still prefer to have something tangible in our hands to read.
Do encourage your children and grandchildren to read the magazine, and we would be
grateful for their contributions and recommendations for things they would like
included in the magazine. Also, please remember that the magazine holds a vast
amount of information – and should be your first point of call for whom to contact for
clubs, societies and advertisers for a whole range of services. Very often we see
questions posted on social media asking ‘does anyone know...?’ When an answer can
very often be found in our advertising pages. Of course, if you’re after
recommendations from villagers, social media is useful too.
At time of writing, the sun is shining. Long may this continue and we hope you all enjoy
a summery June!
Tara Barry and Tracey Syrett
Tatsfield online
Village website: www.tatsfield.org.uk
Village facebook page: search for ‘Tatsfield Village’ on Facebook
Tatsfield Talk facebook group: search for ‘Tatsfield Talk’ on Facebook, and ask to
join to be able to view and post.
Twitter: @tatsfieldtweet
17NORAH SKINNER
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26 June 1918 to 20 March 2018
Jan, John and family would like to thank everyone for their very kind cards and
messages of support and sympathy, which have been a great comfort since the passing
away of Norah. We are immensely grateful to all those who attended the Thanksgiving
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Service held at St. Mary’s Church on April 21 , making it such a special occasion to
celebrate Mum’s life with all her family and friends. Our special thanks also go to
Gerald South, for making the long journey to Tatsfield to conduct the service especially
for us and to Vince Short, who conducted the Committal Service and has been most
supportive with all the necessary arrangements.
Thank you all for the many generous donations to Cancer Research, a charity which
Mum supported for many years.
Jan Maynard
FAIRER FUNDING FOR SURREY ROADS
I am fully aware of the terrible impact of potholes in Surrey. Those attending last year’s
Parish AGM before the general election will recall that I handed Sam Gyimah a spread
sheet showing that SCC receives £11m less than Kent or Hampshire. I also handed that
same spreadsheet to all 11 Surrey MPs at a meeting last July.
The number of potholes in Surrey after an average winter is 3,000 in February and
3,500 in March. This year the numbers have soared, because of a lack of work on
Surrey’s roads since the fairer funding formula from government was implemented. I
believe Surrey is £11m short and no one in government, or our MP, will accept that the
volume of traffic contributes to the damage to roads. Surrey’s traffic has the second
highest density after London. The potholes this year numbered 6,000 in February and
8,250 in March. As Leader of SCC I have provided a further £5m to help repair this
damage. We have doubled the number of crews on the highway doing this now.
I am asking all Surrey residents and their friends in the UK to support the petition that
we have lodged on House of Commons website; details below. Please support this
Petition. If one in eight residents supports us, then the government has to debate and
this will mean our 11 MPs will need to be in the House to seek if they will fight our
corner. But let’s see if we can get Tandridge as the highest number of those
registering. Husbands and wives or partners can register with the same email address.
To sign, either search for ‘Fairer funding for Surrey’s roads’, or go to the address below:
https://petition.parliament.uk/signatures/45959549/verify?token=sbuDrRPZiRce2R9LFK4Q
Thank you
David Hodge CBE, SCC Leader
18TATSFIELD PARISH MAGAZINE FINANCES
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YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2018
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Below is a summary of the financial position of the magazine for the year to 31 March
2018. As you know, the magazine is distributed to all houses in the village free of
charge which is only possible by charging for advertising, sales (to those outside the
village), donations from village organisations and individual donations. Our costs are
mainly the printing of the magazine but also include some preparation costs, postage
and stationery and sundry expenses.
A summary of these figures on the basis of the actual amounts paid and received in the
year is as follows.
Income 2018
£
Advertising 6,722
Sales (Including postage from Subscribers) 238
Donations from village organisations 1,480
Donations from Individuals 619
Bank interest 20
Total 9,079
Expenditure
Printing 8,455
Preparation costs 50
Postage and stationery 180
Sundry expenses 126
Total 8,811
Surplus in year 268
Many thanks to all who advertise, give donations and give of their time thus enabling
the production of a great magazine.
Madie Langford, Treasurer
19TATSFIELD PARISH COUNCIL
The Parish Council meeting in May was the Annual Meeting where we agree a lot of
the formal business for the year including the terms of reference for committees, the
standing orders and financial regulations. We also elect the Chair and Vice-Chair. I and
Althea Davies agreed to stay on in our respective roles for the forthcoming year.
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We also held the Annual Parish Meeting on 1 May and for those of you that were
unable to attend, below is an extract from my report:
“As many of you know, the Parish Council owns not only the Village Hall but also the
Aileen McHugo building. We work closely with the Village Hall Management
Committee, which runs the hall and last year, once the internal redecorations and
refurbishments were completed, we arranged for the floor to be varnished and
resealed. This year we hope to replace and upgrade the porch to the main entrance
door and also to replace the door with toughened glass doors which, we hope, will not
only create a brighter lobby but also improve security for users.
Also, the new play area to the rear and side of the hall is now complete and Little
Acorns have just requested permission for the erection of a new shed, some additional
fencing and some vegetable planters and we will be discussing this at our next meeting.
I mentioned last year that we plan to let out the main meeting room in the Aileen
McHugo Building on a more regular basis and were intending to redecorate and
refurbish the building. This idea has grown and we now hope to change the layout so
that the walk through to the kitchen, as it currently stands, is converted into an
additional smaller meeting room which will also double up as the parish office. The
current office will become a corridor leading to the kitchen and existing meeting room.
We had to wait for confirmation from the Valuation Office that in so doing it wouldn’t
alter our business rate liability, which I’m pleased to confirm we now have. We are now
in the process of obtaining quotations from three local builders. Once that work is
complete the plan is to refit the kitchen, paint throughout and replace the curtains with
blinds and hopefully some comfier chairs.
Last May, you may recall, we were toying with the idea of adding Christmas lights to
the other two trees on the Green. Personally, I was a little sceptical as to how it might
look but I’m glad my colleagues thought otherwise as we have received nothing but
positive comments.
You may also recall that we had put our affordable housing project on hold as we
thought this would be scooped up within the neighbourhood plan. However, due to
various delays with the plan we decided to press ahead as soon as possible. We have
had several meetings with Louise Williams from Surrey Community Action and Nick
20Hughes from the English Rural Housing Association and we have a shortlist of sites. We
are in the throes of discussing possibilities with landowners and once we have an
agreement in principle we will have a public consultation. It will be similar to the last
development in that the properties will be only for Tatsfield residents or those with
strong links to Tatsfield.
We are also very pleased that after a slight stumble the Neighbourhood Plan Steering
Committee has a new lease of life with new Chairman, Martin Allen. There has also
been a doubling in size of the committee. Some real progress has now been made.
Again, at the last meeting in May we were just beginning to have talks with the war
memorial team and were delighted to give permission for its erection on parish land.
We were also privileged to be part of the Inaugural Remembrance Service and to lay a
wreath along with so many village groups. We were so pleased to see such support for
this event and how much it meant to so many residents. The organisers did an amazing
job and we are looking forward to supporting this event again later in the year.
We hope that over the summer you will see a number of new works taking place.
Firstly, the long-awaited Scout Hut path. We have decided to extend the path beyond
the Scout Hut up to the crossing to the entrance of the old Beaver World car park. [The
land involved does not belong to the parish, but to Surrey County Council. This meant
that a number of legal formalities have had to be completed before work starts].
There will also be new white gateways as you enter the village on Approach Road,
which will not only accommodate the village sign but also include a nod to both the
achievements of the In Bloom team and also our twinning with Vern D’Anjou. We have
kindly been given a donation covering the cost of upgrading the footpath across
Tatsfield Green, known as ‘Cameron’s Way’ and this work has now been completed.
I ended my report last year by saying that I couldn’t finish without mentioning the pond!
I’m going to do so again this year. Sadly, we still don’t know what needs to be done.
We went back to the Downlands Project who did the initial work but after a site visit
and much to-ing and fro-ing we were no further forward. We then contacted various
specialists but due to timing they advised that they should come in the spring to see
what grows and lives in the pond. So, whilst little progress has been made we do have a
specialist coming in the next couple of weeks. Fingers crossed the update will be more
positive next year.
I shall finish there but hope this has given you a little bit of insight as to what we get up
to. I know that sometimes the process of local government does seem long and over
complicated but, I do hope that you are able to see that we do get there, in the end!”
21We also used the meeting as a public consultation for the proposed installation of CCTV
in the village centre. As you know, this idea first came about following a meeting
Martin Allen and I had with our local police Inspector, Dan Gutierrez. Dan explained
that a number of local villages had recently installed CCTV and their crime had reduced
dramatically. He further confirmed that CCTV evidence not only stands up in court but
is also an excellent crime prevention tool.
There is also the bigger picture of piecing crime together using CCTV from other villages
and areas which would create a sequence of events of activity. In light of all the police
cuts and less physical presence this would, hopefully, give residents a greater feeling of
security.
We gave this some considerable thought and decided that the village centre could lend
itself nicely to a CCTV circuit as it wouldn’t take much to be able to capture most
vehicle and pedestrian activity entering the village from Approach Road and Ship Hill.
Phase One would see the installation of cameras around the School, AMB and Village
Hall car park including pointing over the multi-use games area where there have been
repeated reports of antisocial behaviour. We would also like to have cameras on the
front of the Village Hall, the pub, the Bakery and the Shop. We have spoken to the
local businesses and have agreement in principle.
We also have a meeting with the school towards the end of the month to discuss the
proposal. It is possible to have the images pixelated during school hours for those
pointing at school premises, likewise on the one showing the rear of the Village Hall
and therefore the outside play area of Little Acorns.
If this turns out to be a success then there could be a future Phase Two which could
capture activity on Lusted Hall Lane and Ricketts Hill Road.
Secom, a possible provider of a CCTV system, then went on to give a short presentation
about the proposal and gave a demonstration of the equipment.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held at the Aileen McHugo Building on
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Monday 11 June at 8.00 pm. As always, the agenda will be made available on
village notice boards and at: www.surreycommunity.info/tatsfield/
Nichola Stokoe, Chairman (Tel: 576443; Email: nicholastokoe@tatsfieldparishcouncil.org.uk)
22THE TATSFIELD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN PROJECT – PROGRESS REPORT
The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group held the first of a series of public consultation
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sessions on Tuesday 24th and Saturday 28 April. It was very good to see a cross-
section of the Tatsfield community and we received just over 100 comments – here is a
small selection:
• Comments from young mums: “6-8pm not a suitable time and on Saturdays
children have activities. Can there be a place on website for questions/ comments”
• “Being able to walk on footpaths through woods instead of getting in a car”
• “More public transport required other than to Biggin Hill, especially for the elderly”
• “Tatsfield can only prosper from mixed development - bungalows, houses and truly
affordable housing”
• “No more development on the roads that are already built. Move the development
boundary to allow new housing and roads to be built”
• “We should build on the land between the school and Approach Road”
• “Development of back gardens along unmade Westmore Road is unacceptable.
This part of Tatsfield should be excluded from further development”
• “Wholly supportive of affordable housing and restricted age housing so older
people have somewhere to downsize and thus freeing up larger houses”
• “Perhaps we could have a few expert-led nature walks around the village”
• “My business would be helped having a good post office locally”
• “Ask the youth what they want in Tatsfield. Use of Furze Corner.”
• “Greengrocers/bakers selling fresh produce. Maybe excess veg from the allotments
could be sold in the shop when it opens?”
• “Broadband needs significant improvement. Dreadful service”
• “One-way system for Westmore, Crossways and Paynesfield”
• “Unmade roads remain unrepaired. Leads to damage. Speed bumps maybe an
improvement. We need a policy for all unmade roads. What is the collective
expectation and help?”
Do you agree/disagree with any of these statements? Would you like to add your own
thoughts and opinions? You can do so now by emailing Neighbourhood Plan Steering
Group Chairman Martin Allen on martin_allen@talk21.com, or call him on 577201.
We have already acted on the first comment from a young mum and asked a question
on Tatsfield Talk asking for young mums to contact us and let us know when it would
be a good time to meet us, unfortunately no one responded – but we will keep trying!
All of the comments we received will be included in our continuing work and we will be
arranging further public consultation sessions – watch this space!
Jon Allbutt jon@jonallbutt.co.uk 577100
23TANDRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL
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District Council Elections Thursday 3 May
The makeup is now 22 Conservatives and 20 “others”.
Since the election, I have had early talks with the Conservative leadership about how
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Jeremy, the other Independent on the Council, and I can assist them. On the 24 May
at Full Annual Council it will be decided which committees councillors will sit on and we
will then know whether there will be cooperation between us.
I heard nothing back from anyone last month about their taking on the role for 2019 so
I repeat what was said last month, “If anyone is thinking that you would like to take on
the role of a District Councillor for Tatsfield I would be quite happy to talk to you about
it.” I will repeat this plea nearer the time early next year.
In the last four weeks I have met
both the Police and Crime
Commissioner, Mr David
Munro, and our M.P., Mr Sam
Gyimah, in Tatsfield and showed
them around the village and,
with a small audience of
parishioners, have received
updates from them both the
bigger national problems they
face as well as the local ones
they deal with. I was pleased to
have organised the time Sam spent with the Fairtrade Group updating him about the
activities of this group in the Parish. I was disappointed so few of you attended these
meetings as I believe it is crucial that we should maintain a Tatsfield presence in the
minds of our civil and public servants by attending these events when they happen.
As far as I could see by the time I wrote this report the works at Crossways Court had
started and were being dealt with considerately by all residents, workers and local
villagers, so thank you for that.
Tandridge Together Lottery
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The wins are coming thick and fast to Tatsfield, with £25 winners on the Saturday 12
May as well as three free tickets for yours truly! Tickets cost only £1 and all profits will
go to good causes in the Tandridge district. Anyone buying a ticket can select the local
good cause they want to support from those registered on the website. Tickets are
available to buy at www.tandridgelottery.co.uk and residents who don’t have access to
the internet can also take part by calling 01883 460555. Please support Tatsfield good
causes by buying your tickets.
24Potholes - Following my reports last month I am pleased to say that some of the worst
potholes around the village have been dealt with especially those in Ship Hill, Church
Lane/Church Hill, but please do not get complacent with this. Keep reporting them on
the Surrey County Council website and if you do not feel that action has been taken let
me know and I will follow it up.
Dog Fouling - Tandridge District Council continue to support us with the clearing up of
the dog fouling in the village as well as erecting signs to remind people not to let their
dog foul the footpaths. I understand more and more CCTV is picking up the people that
are NOT clearing up after their dogs and this information has been forwarded to
Tandridge to deal with. PLEASE do not let this be you: clear up after your dog.
Road Signs – You may or may not have noticed that the Approach Road sign at Clarks
Lane disappeared for a while after it was demolished not once but twice during the
snowy weather, but it is good to see the new sign is now back in place along with the
Clarks Lane sign. Even I had not noticed it had also disappeared!
Community Transport – Those of you that attended the Annual Parish Meeting would
have seen Amanda Bird from TDC come back to the village to give details about the
Community Transport that is available. Booking and advice line details can be found on
Page 21 of the May Parish Magazine.
Biggin Hill Airport – Ian Mitchell and I met Will Curtis, MD of Biggin Hill Airport, to
review their self-recording equipment showing the aircraft that I believe have of late
been overflying Tatsfield wrongly instead of passing us further south. We have been
promised that these details will now form part of the Noise and Tracking Reports that
we get at the Biggin Hill Consultative Committee Meetings. The next one is in July and I
will update you after this.
At the end of May, Nichola Stokoe and I had our ongoing meetings with KJ at Park
Wood Golf Club and our County Councillor David Hodge to follow up on the matters
raised in the past.
I will be away on business at the time of the next parish magazine print deadline so I
will be back with you in July. If you think I can help you with anything to do with the
Tandridge District Council or anything else please do not hesitate to contact me.
Cllr Martin Allen 01959 577201 cllr.martin.allen@tandridgedc.gov.uk
Or martin_allen@talk21.com
25It's been a busy few weeks since Easter, so I wanted to update you all on what I have been up to in East Surrey, Parliament and as Universities and Science Minister. Many of you will have received periodic updates on particular issues that you have individually contacted me about, so if you want further details please do email me at sam@samgyimah.com for the latest news. Launch of UK Research & Innovation This week I officially launched a new research and funding body that will bring together seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England into one body - UK Research ( Innovation (UKRI). With a combined budget of £6billion, UKRI will support excellence, collaboration, interdisciplinary research and foster and harness the 'Can-Do' spirit this nation was built on. I launched the UKRI at the opening of the new £75million Quadrum Institute in the Norwich Research Park that, using a £40million investment, will bring together clinicians, patients and researchers to better understand how food and the bacteria in our stomach influence health and how we can help prevent disease. Free Speech Summit I called a meeting bringing together university and student leaders to discuss the issue of free speech on campus. Universities should be an assault on the senses and where you have your deep-held beliefs and views challenged and key to this is having open and honest debates. I have been concerned with events where speakers have been no-platformed or blocked from speaking because they hold unfashionable or unpopular views. I am also worried by the chilling effect that the dizzying amount of rules and regulations institutions use is having on free speech. The summit sought to simplify the rules so it is easier for events to go ahead and so that they can't be used to dilute or water down legal free speech. Visit to Tatsfield and Chaldon The weather was perfect for a great visit to Tatsfield and Chaldon last week. I met with the TDC Councillor for Tatsfield, Martin Allen, discussed the issue of fair trade with the Tatsfield Fairtrade Group, dropped into see the hardworking team at the Chartwell Cancer Trust and then took part in a ‘town hall’ where I took questions from residents on education funding, planning/housing issues and degree apprenticeships. 26
Chalkpit Lane Update
I have received this reply copied below from Surrey County Council to the joint-letter
sent by myself, SCC Councillor, Cameron McIntosh and Tandridge District Council
Leader, Martin Fisher, regarding HGVs accessing the quarry on Chalkpit Lane.
I will be following up on a number of the points they make and will send out an update
once I hear back. I was also recently made aware that HGVs were spotted coming
down from Woldingham Ridge, seemingly to avoid the traffic sensors on Chalkpit Lane.
This is completely unacceptable and I encourage anyone who has witnessed this to
please email/write to me and share the evidence, which I can present to SCC.
Gatwick Update
I had a good meeting with Baroness Sugg, Aviation Minister, to discuss constituents’
serious concerns about aircraft noise and Route Four. I am delighted that Baroness
Sugg has agreed to a joint visit to Gatwick Airport to discuss what more can be done on
noise reduction. Specifically, we discussed:
Route Four redesign: The government has been clear that Gatwick must produce a
timeline for consultation on changes to Route Four as soon as possible. The
communities affected by this need to know how the recent court ruling is going to
impact them and must have a proper understanding of the time frame.
Night Flights: over the summer, the government is due to release the findings of the
Night Flight Dispensation review to community groups. I will be looking at these
findings very closely when they are available. Communities that are impacted
absolutely must be at the heart of any redesign of Route Four and any future policies
Gatwick puts in place. I will continue to work to ensure that East Surrey voices are
heard.
That’s it for this edition. If there are issues that haven’t been covered this time and you
would like an update on what I am doing in such areas, please email me for details.
Best wishes,
Sam Gyimah MP
27POLICING Hello Tatsfield. Here we are reading about summer, and it seems to me we’ve only just had Easter!! It used to be weeks that flew by (couldn’t stop them), now it’s months. Must be getting old, officially. It was bound to happen. Whenever I send a monthly article through, there always seems to be a crime straight afterwards. A property in Hillside Road was broken into during April, with access through the front doors during the night. These were left insecure. The occupants were asleep and did not hear anything. Car keys were taken, and their car was stolen from the front drive. Despite having a tracking device, the offender appears to have found and discarded it. The vehicle is still being searched for; despite all other investigation options being covered, there was nothing more to go on. Two other crimes that have occurred involve a digger being stolen overnight from a site in Westmore Road. There appears to have been no witness or CCTV for this one. Lastly, a wallet was stolen from within The Bakery by three males who entered. There was CCTV footage which shows the males but not the offence. To his credit, the owner found out the identities of two offenders, who upon enquiry, denied involvement. The wallet was recovered in Biggin Hill, minus its cash. Without CCTV evidence, or witnesses who saw the offence, there is not enough evidence to progress a prosecution. What these crimes above illustrate, is that in any residential area, even a quiet one like Tatsfield, residents cannot be too careful about their personal security and their property. Please lock all doors and ground floor windows at night. If there are old locks, or just a single one, please consider replacing them with improved security. It all costs, but it’s vitally important. When in a public space, please keep all your personal belongings either on you, or in a hidden, secure place where others cannot access. ‘Sucking eggs’ I know, but it’s still good to have reminders. Finally, please keep an eye out for anyone hanging around the main car park outside the school, during the evenings. We are determined to stamp out any anti-social behaviour or drug-taking. Silver Nitrous Oxide bottles are regularly found there by school staff, so please help us and be on the lookout, reporting any suspicious activity immediately on 101 (or 999 if threatening behaviour). That’s all folks……See you around the village. Rupert PCSO 12599 KELLEY, Surrey Police 28
TATSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL
In Year 1 we have been learning about plants. We have been finding out facts about
plants ready to produce our information leaflets in English.
In Science we have learnt the different parts of a flowering plant:
In Art we are studying Vincent Van Gogh - The Sunflowers -
and we are creating our own class interpretation of the
painting.
We are growing our own sunflowers as well. We planted
them just before Easter and look how much they have
grown due to us carefully looking after them:
We are enjoying doing lots of learning outside and looking at the plants that surround
us.
29NEWS FROM MARK ABRAHAM, THE TATSFIELD POET For those who don't remember me - my family (the Bromwich/Abrahams) were first associated with the village in the 1920s. My grandfather, George Bromwich, began building Hillcott (now Hill Cottage) in Johns Road at about that time. I was actually born in West London in 1938 but my parents bought a tiny home (then Pilgrim Cottage in Ninehams Road, later renamed Treeview by Barry Watson) for me and my mother to live in while my father went off to fight in the Second World War. I attended Tatsfield Primary School and later Oxted County Grammar, 1949-1958. By this time, we were living at 5 Whitewood Cottages and later The Red House on Goatsfield Road. But before leaving the village I had worked at Marley Tiles for a while and also at Tatsfield Court Farm in Clarks Lane which was then run by the Hallam family. On my last visit to the village in May 2013 (for an evening of reading poems at the WI Hall), it was lovely to re-meet the lady (now Pam Draper) who was then Mrs Hallam and my boss's wife. However, after living in Croydon, Newcastle, Hull, Birmingham and other places, many years later my wife Ruth and I settled in Manchester in 1974. That's where we raised our son Luke, who now lives in Hitchin, Herts, with his wife and family! Over the years I have managed to produce a collection of poems based on my life in Tatsfield, not just personal pieces, but local legends and incidents, some of which I experienced during the War and long after. These, and others, can be found on my website at mark- abraham.blogspot.com If you are interested you will find it is called One Small Stride. Click onto the link to 'A Tatsfield Tapestry' and you will find about ninety poems altogether about the village. My latest poem gives thanks to Chris Muriel because it grew out of a conversation we had about our memories back home. Chris is a Lewisham man who plays banjo/guitar in the Beech Band up here in Chorlton. I provide some of the percussion and the band plays English ceilidh music for dances. Chris sings folk and music-hall songs with a Cockney voice, much to the amusement of our Mancunian listeners. We love our Manchester trams which have changed the city forever. The oldest lines are only about twenty years old and some run for great distances. By comparison I think it would be easy to extend the New Addington line all the way out to the village! That would help Tatsfield a lot! The poem is called “Anderida”, the Roman name for Pevensey, a place which many of you may know. It was the scene of a massacre by the Saxons soon after the Romans left Britain. The poem is printed below. I hope you like it. My best wishes to you all. Mark Abraham 30
ANDERIDA by Mark Abraham
Down in the right-hand corner Now if we stand on the northern edge
of the map that’s on the wall and gaze from off the scarp
there lies my Anderida, it still looks very wooded
in the fairest land of all. with its stubble, green and sharp!
It’s right below the river. But nothing like the vision
It’s almost in the sea. the Romans saw back then,
There’s just four counties fill its spread when wolves and bears were masters
but that’s enough for me. and those that skulked were men.
It’s made of chalk and sandstone, These days it has a different name
with clay thrown in as well, and a castle by the water,
while the flints that cover it mostly but every brick in the castle wall
will always cast a spell. tells of things far older.
The centre is full of limestone Now it’s known as Pevensey
like the keep of an ancient palace, where Harold took his rest
looking out both North and South before the Duke of Normandy
where Ashdown is the forest. put England to the test.
Anderida, Anderida And that was Anderitum
was once a Roman fort but, beyond both wood and field,
till the Saxons came marauding there lies a corner, once my home,
just for a little sport. that some still call the Weald!
The Saxons called you Andred
so the forest was Andredsweald,
but many a century had to pass
before the scars were healed.
With thanks to Chris Muriel. Both Anderida and Anderitum appear to be names for the
Roman fort of Pevensey, but the whole area later became known as Andredsweald.
Something similar happened with Manchester known as Mamucium and Mancunium!
Mark also wrote the booklet “Tangland Castle and the Spanish Lady’s Love” which
was published jointly by the Parish Magazine and the History Project in December
2008. It tells the story of Tatsfield’s castle – Tangland Castle – which was located in
Goatsfield Road until it burnt down in 1970.
31NORTH DOWNS COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA
The North Downs Community Orchestra is preparing for its next concert. This will be
their Caterham Festival Concert, to be held at St John’s Church, Caterham, on Sunday
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17 June at 7pm. Please come and join their audience – tickets are available in
advance from orchestra members and on the door for £5 (under 18s are free).
The North Downs Community Orchestra, a non-audition ‘fun’ orchestra, is now two
years old. In just two years it has grown to an orchestra of nearly 40 players with
instruments from every section of an orchestra. Judging by the improved standard of
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their 2 Birthday concert at the end of March, the orchestra’s members have worked
together and made a lot of progress, under the expert guidance of their Musical
Director, Shona Fenion.
The orchestra welcomes
players of all orchestral
instruments. Along with their
Percussion Project to develop
an orchestral percussion
section, in particular, there is
still plenty of room for string
and brass players.
Do visit the orchestra website
for further information:
www.thefunorchestra.co.uk.
Shona Fenion conducting the North Downs Community
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Orchestra at their 2 Birthday Concert.
32NORTH DOWNS SINFONIA CONCERT – 12th May
I have attended every NDS concert since their foundation, and yet I never cease to be
amazed at the variety of music played by them. There is always something unusual or
new, amongst the old favourites. The recent concert included the Beethoven
Symphony 1 and the Mozart Piano Concerto 24, both of which I know quite well, the
Rossini
Overture to
‘An Italian
Girl in
Algiers’,
which I have
heard
before but
do not
know well,
and the
Finzi
‘Eclogue’,
which I have
never heard
before, and
to which I
was not
looking
forward. Surprise! It was beautiful, and quite unlike other Finzi that I have heard.
Sometimes it is the orchestra committee who choose what is played, sometimes the
conductor – and it is probably because NDS has a number of different conductors,
rather than a resident conductor that the choice is so varied. However, in this concert,
it was the pianist, the ever-popular Mariela Cingo, who chose the piece. Surprising,
perhaps, that an Albanian should choose a quintessentially English piece, but it worked
perfectly. Intended originally by Mariela as an encore, it was ‘promoted’ to its own
place in the programme as it deserved (quite rightly in my opinion) a place of its own.
It was also very much appreciated that both the conductor (Brynly Clarke) and Mariela
spoke about each piece before it was played, and in language that even a layman like
myself could understand. It made each piece more enjoyable, as one was listening out
for the points mentioned. For instance, Bryn said that, as Mozart ‘wrote the book’ on
piano concertos, he was perfectly entitled to tear it up! Until this concerto, it was
customary for the orchestra to play one theme, then another, and only then did the
pianist come in to play and develop the first theme. In this concerto, the orchestra
plays one theme, then another, before the pianist comes in with a third! But then, a
genius comes round only very rarely …
33As usual, the orchestra played well under
Bryn’s expert guidance, and were true
partners of the piano in the two pieces
Mariela played so well.
The overture was full of suspense, and
Bryn took it at a very bright pace, leaving
the audience – and players – with smiles
on their faces, waiting for the Mozart.
Mariela and the orchestra played
together very sensitively during the
quieter parts of the concerto, but
Mariela’s skills were amply demonstrated,
especially in the final movement, with her
fingers flying over the keys in a dazzling
display.
The Finzi has a beautiful descriptive
melody which immediately hooked the
audience, and the piano was
accompanied very delicately by the NDS
string section, led superbly by Sylvia Seaton. The orchestra and Mariela came to a
rousing climax in the middle of the piece, before handing back the reins to Mariela,
who finished with great tenderness, accompanied by a blackbird outside the hall!
Bryn really came into his own during the Beethoven, demanding – and getting – the
utmost out of the orchestra. The symphony ranges from the slow introduction to the
bouncy, uplifting finale, with multiple solo parts in between. The fortissimo sections in
particular were brought to life vigorously by Bryn, with the orchestra responding in full
force.
The next concert (according to the programme) will also be a mix of the well-known
(Vaughn-Williams ‘The Lark Ascending’, Elgar ‘Pomp and Circumstance March No 4’)
with the less well-known (Vaughn-Williams ‘Folk Song Suite’, Butterworth ‘A Shropshire
Lad’) and the completely unknown (Holst ‘Suite de Ballet’). All English music, and I
can’t wait!
Peter Maynard
34TATTY KNITTERS
June brings WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY so that’s what
we do……we sit outside the Bakery and knit ……much to the
amusement of many people. This was started back in 2005
when 25 local events were held around the world. Over the
years the number of countries taking part has increased to now
being well over 1000.
This event is used to show that it’s not only grannies that knit it is a time for knitters to
come together and enjoy each other’s company.
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We will be outside the Bakery on 9 June from 10.30 until 12.30 (just inside if it is
raining). Come along and join us or just pop and say hello.
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Our regular get together will be on the 12 June at the Bakery from 7.30 until 9.30 ish.
Cakes provided - buy your own drink.
Val Quick 07761 571071
TATSFIELD ART GROUP
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We will host our annual exhibition on the weekend of 30
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June and 1 July.
Members will exhibit their work in individual spaces and we are happy to exhibit non-
members work for a fee of £20 per space. We staff the sales table over the weekend
and serve lunch and tea throughout the event. Most work exhibited will be for sale and
10% of any sales goes into TAG funds. Sales have topped £2,000 over each of the last
three years.
If you are interested in exhibiting with us please contact me on 07815775859. We look
forward to seeing you all as visitors over our special weekend.
Carol Gaskell (TAG chairperson).
35LITTLE ACORNS PRESCHOOL
This half term…
This half term we’ve been looking at different nursery rhymes.
We’ve made ‘hey diddle diddle’ puppets and ‘humpty dumpty’
spoon characters, had a visit from a five-week-old lamb whilst
looking at ‘Mary had a little lamb’, and are looking forward to our trip to Godstone
Farm just before half term to support our learning of ‘Old
McDonald’.
We were very lucky to have a visit from one of our talented
parents to play us some nursery rhymes on different
instruments, which the children thoroughly enjoyed!
Coming up, we’ll be concentrating on building the
children’s independence in activities such as pouring their
own drinks and dressing themselves. Part of this topic will
be preparing our older children for starting at ‘big school’ in
September as they begin their visits to their new primary schools. We’ll also be
beginning preparations for our end of term show where we say goodbye to our older
children.
Race Night
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On Saturday 9 June we are excited to be hosting a fundraising Race Night for the
parents, carers, family and friends of Little Acorns children; everyone is welcome!
Doors open at 7.30pm at Tatsfield Village Hall with the first race beginning at 8pm and
a light supper is included in the ticket price of £10. All bets on the evening are just £1
with the option to own a horse for £10 with a bottle of Prosecco for the winning horse;
or be a jockey for £2 with winnings of £8. We are also offering the chance to sponsor a
race for £20; with sponsor logos displayed and name announced during the evening
this is a great advertising opportunity for small businesses.
As a registered charity, Little Acorns relies heavily on our fundraising events and we
really need the support of our local community; please come along to support us on
the evening, bring your friends and family and encourage any local businesses that you
know to sponsor a race!
Even if you can't make it on the evening you can still sign up to own a horse ahead of
the evening so please get involved in any way you can.
Everyone is welcome so please email chair@littleacornstatsfield.co.uk for tickets.
Thank you for reading!
Mareka Newberry, Office Manager at Little Acorns Preschool
office@littleacornstatsfield.co.uk
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ST MARY’S MATTERS
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Open the Bible (10am, on the 1 Sunday of the month)
Following a break for Easter Day, our popular 45-minute
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service for all ages returned on 6 May when we learnt
about the love of God for all people. The games included a
variation on spot-the-difference and an activity to illustrate
the process of passing on the message of God’s love. We
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warmly invite you to our next OtB on 3 June.
St Mary’s Parochial Church Council
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Following the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 22 April, the new St Mary’s PCC
comprises: Revd Vince Short (Team Vicar), Marjory Broughton and Chris Hancock
(Churchwardens), Susie Cook and Barbara Hester (Tandridge Deanery Synod members),
Madie Langford (PCC Treasurer), Margaret Grover (PCC Secretary), Emily Budgen, Lucy
Budgen, Richard Budgen, Sheila Cook (Hall Bookings Secretary), Carys Long, Barbara
Piggott, Hilary Vale. The meeting expressed thanks to Rebecca Veale for her completed
term of office on the PCC and for continuing to act as Parish Safeguarding Officer.
Flower Rota
My thanks to Kay Longley and Wendy Maddison for the lovely displays they produced
and looked after during May. The rota for June is as follows:
3rd and 10th June - Tina Boys 17th and 24th June - Ann and Sam Vatcher
Ann Vatcher
Sunday Afternoon Teas, 3-5pm at the Millennium Hall (until end of September)
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These began on 6 May with fine weather, lovely teas and good attendance – thanks to
all involved.
St Mary's Church 100 Club results for the May draw:
89. M ( L Lambert £24.25 98. J A Howard £14.55 1. D Milner £9.70 St Mary's £48.50
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Ascension Day – Thursday 10 May
Due to rain, the 6am service took place in the church itself for the first time in recent
memory. In addition to the special service, the early morning view and breakfast in the
hall were much appreciated by the 20 or so people who gathered. The surplus from
donations received will go to Christian Aid.
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21 April Funeral of Norah Skinner (at Surrey ( Sussex Crematorium) followed by a
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service of thanksgiving for Norah’s life held at St Mary’s on 23 April.
41St Mary’s Churchyard
At last the churchyard is beginning to look more cared for after the adverse weather
meant a late start to the tidy-up season. As the churchyard is included in the tour by
the Tatsfield in Bloom judges some members of the Tatsfield in Bloom team have come
to give us a morning’s help for the last two years. I am delighted to say that this will be
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happening again this year on the morning of May 26 when we shall attempt to bring
to light some of the overgrown graves. We would welcome any of our stalwart
volunteers to come on this day too, though we shall be having the usual first Saturday
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of the month tidy-up on June 2 . Strimmers would be especially welcome as well as
those with shears and hand tools.
Mary Smith
St Mary’s Church Website: www.lttm.org.uk
TATSFIELD GARDEN TOUR 2018
SUNDAY 3rd JUNE FROM 1 TO 5 PM
Visit four very different gardens in the village as well as
Tatsfield Allotments and Community Garden and the
Tatsfield Composting Scheme
They will all be open between 1 and 5pm
Refreshments as you go around. No charges – just
optional donations to charities
Details in the leaflet sent with the May magazine
Arranged by Tatsfield Horticultural Society
DO YOU ENJOY A GAME OF WHIST?
If so come along to the W.I. Hall on the last Tuesday of each month at 1.30 pm
and enjoy a pleasant afternoon with other who enjoy the game. This month we
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meeting on TUESDAY 26 JUNE.
Shirley Murgatroyd
42THE JUNE FILM:“THREE BILLBOARDS
OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI”
Tatsfield is being spoilt. The April film featured this year’s winner of the Best Actor
Oscar (Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour”) and this month Curzon Country Cinema is
showing the film which won Frances McDormand the best Actress Oscar – “Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”.
After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred
Hayes – the woman playing by Frances McDormand – makes a bold move, painting
three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at the town’s
revered chief of police. Although it is an outstanding film, it is also one with very strong
language and violence. It is not for the faint-hearted. It is dominated by Frances
McDormand’s performance as a middle-aged woman toughened and weather-beaten
by tragedy.
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The film is showing at the Village Hall on Saturday 2 June. Doors open at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £5. Pay at the door or reserve online at www.curzoncountrycinema.co.uk.
There is no afternoon film this month.
Curzon Country Cinema will take a break for a couple of months before returning in
September.
Bob David
43REGULAR TATSFIELD EVENTS
These events, weekly unless stated otherwise, normally take place at the times given below, but
there can be variations e.g. in school holidays. Please check with the organisers if necessary.
Sun 10.00 am Church service – StM
9.00 pm Open Mic night, The Old Ship
Mon 9.30 am Tots on Top – CH
1.30 pm Bridge Club – WIH
7.15 pm Adult Ballet - TPS
7.30 pm Art Group – VH [Term time]
8.15 pm Bingo – TVC
Tue 1.30 pm Whist – WIH (Last Tuesday of the month)
5.45 pm Beavers – SH
7.00 pm Scouts – SH
Wed 10.00 am WI Pop In – WIH
1.30 pm Short Mat Bowls –VH
6.00 pm Cubs – SH
8.00 pm Yoga – VH
8.00 pm Quiz Night, The Old Ship
Thu 10.00 am Over 50s Yoga – WIH
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1.30 pm Hear Here – AMB (1 Thursday of the month)
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2.00 pm Scrabble at Kayani, Greenways (1 Thursday of the month)
4.30 pm Under 8’s Judo - SH
5.45 pm Over 8’s Judo - SH
7.15 pm Adult Ju Jitsu - SH
7.30 pm Duplicate Bridge – WIH
7.30 pm Tatsfield Singers - TPS
8.00 pm Table Tennis – VH
Fri 10.00 am Pilates – WIH
10.00 am Self-defence and HIIT, Tatsfield Martial Arts (SH)
11.00 am Pilates – WIH
1.30 pm Short Mat Bowls –VH
5.30 pm Badminton club for Juniors – VH
6.30 pm Over 10’s ju jitsu
8.00 pm Badminton Club – VH
Sat 9.00 am Under 8’s Judo – SH
10.00 am Composting site (OPEN to September)
10.15 am Over 8’s Judo - SH
11.00 am Parish Council Café -The Bakery [to noon]
11.30 am Adult Judo – SH
If you would like your VILLAGE event included in this diary in future please send details to:
tatsfieldpm@gmail.com
44UPCOMING EVENTS – VILLAGE AND BEYOND
Events shown in bold where there is more information elsewhere in the magazine
JUNE
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3 Sun 1 – 5 pm Tatsfield Garden Tour 2018
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9 Sat 7.45 pm Yesterday Once More, Barn Theatre, Oxted
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10 Sun 7.45 pm House of Stand Up – Comedy Night, Barn Theatre, Oxted
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23 Sat 7.30 pm Our Singing Thing, Tatsfield Singers, VH
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24 Sun 5.30 pm Hairspray Jr – Glow Theatre Group, Barn Theatre, Oxted
7.30 pm Hairspray Jr – Glow Theatre Group, Barn Theatre, Oxted
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30 Sat TBC Tatsfield Art Group Exhibition, VH
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1 July TBC Tatsfield Art Group Exhibition, VH
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1 July 1 pm Tatsfield Scout Group Village Fete, Westmore Green
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11 Wed 6.00 pm THS Chairman’s Social, Tilgate Park
If you would like your LOCAL event included in this diary in future please send details
to: tatsfieldpm@gmail.com
Venues
AMB - Aileen McHugo Building • CGA - Community Games Area
CH - Church Hall • FC - Furze Corner • SH - Scout Hut • StM - St. Mary’s Church
TACG – Tatsfield Allotments and Community Garden • TVC - Tatsfield Village Club
TPS - Tatsfield Primary School • VH - Village Hall • WIH - Women’s Institute
45TATSFIELD FAIRTRADE GROUP
PALM OIL… AN UPDATE FROM FAIRTRADE
Palm oil, a product we find in many food and cleaning products,
is causing major environmental problems.
You may have read about the connection between the supermarket Iceland and Palm
Oil in the last month, with their promise to remove palm oil from all their own brands
due to the damage the production is causing to the environment. It is, actually, much
more complicated than that as the replacements for palm oil can cause even more
deforestation. This brings us back to the fact that the best solution is to grow palm oil
in a sustainable way.
So, what can we do? It is suggested that we look for the RSPO label which is meant to
indicate that the palm is sustainably sourced but Greenpeace have stated: “many RSPO
members are taking no steps to avoid the worst practices associated with the industry,
such as large-scale forest clearance and taking land from local people without their
consent. On top of this, the RSPO actually risks creating the illusion of sustainable palm
oil, justifying the expansion of the palm oil industry.”
Fairtrade producers have begun to work with Ghanaian farmers and processors to
produce Fairtrade palm oil in a way that protects the environment.
The palm oil is combined with Fairtrade coconut oil from India to make laundry liquid,
washing-up liquid, surface cleaner, handwash and soap.
The products are effective, eco-friendly and
biodegradable. If you choose to buy from the Clean (
Fair range you will not only be avoiding contributing to
the environmental catastrophe but you will be making a
big difference to the lives of small scale African farmers
and processors. Fairtrade is all about giving a hand up
rather than a hand out to some of the least privileged
people around the world.
You can order Clean ( Fair Products online from the Traidcraft shop or from our local
Traidcraft rep: Moyna Bridge, 01883 71625/moynabridge@yahoo.co.uk
In addition to buying your Fairtrade cleaning products you may also like to check out
the following novel written for eight + year olds called Lost Lives by Leysa Henderson.
This book was written to raise awareness and money for rainforests and orangutans
that are losing their home due to palm oil.
It sounds a great and informative read, I’m sure us adults would learn a lot from it too.
This is the blurb - enjoy….
46Megan finds a magic atlas, which transports her to
another world. Here she meets the Manyak tribe and
finds out why their land is being destroyed and why the
orangutans are under threat of extinction. She learns that
she can talk to animals and how to use her new magical
powers to take revenge. She makes friends in unlikely
places and experiences a new life which she doesn’t want
to leave. On her return to her own country, she finds
ways to spread the message… While you are reading the
novel start munching on a bar of Divine chocolate, unlike
most brands Divine uses delicious cocoa butter NOT palm
oil in its products and it’s FAIRTRADE!!
If you want to know more or would like to take action, you
might like to take a look at the ‘What Can I Do’ page on
www.saynotopalmoil.com. More information is also available on our website
www.tatsfieldfairtradevillage.weebly.com.
Alizon Mooney
Tatsfield Fairtrade Group
TATSFIELD IN BLOOM NEEDS MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP KEEP
OUR VILLAGE CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE! IF WE DON’T DO IT
OURSELVES, NO-ONE ELSE WILL!
ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP AT ALL? YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO COMMIT YOURSELF REGULARLY.
IF YOUR ANSWER IS “YES” OR “MAYBE”, HAVE A CHAT WITHOUT COMMITMENT
TO ANGELA SAWYERS ON 577434 OR EMAIL HER AT acresroger@aol.com
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