What’s on in Horsell 14-20th May 2012

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Mon 14th: Local Amnesty International group holds its monthly meeting tonight in the Trinity Methodist Church building on Brewery Road.

Live jazz from Swingfellows Quartet at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch, 8.30pm. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Tues 15th: Informal group for babies, toddlers and carers meets for play and socialising every Tuesday during term time, 10am-12pm in the St Andrew’s Room at St Mary’s, Church Hill. Call 01483 772172 for details.

Lovely music night at The Crown pub, 104 High Street, from 8pm. Music from L’s Angels, Jay Stapley and Tony Fuller. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Gourmet night at The Red Lion pub, High Street. Call 01483 768 497 for details.

‘In conversation with Kenneth Grange’, leading British product designer, at The Lightbox, Chobham Road,7pm. £20/£16 concessions. Call 01483 737837 for details.

Weds 16th: Drawing workshop for adults at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 10.30am-12.30pm. Free entry, donations welcome. Call 01483 737837 to book.

Horsell Runners regular run, starts at 7.45pm from outside the Beijing Restaurant, High Street. Just come along or contact info@horsellrunners.org.

Quiz night at The Crown pub, 104 High Street, 9pm. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Thurs 17th: Evening quilt club: come and make quilts for charity or work on your own projects at Needle and Thread, High Street. A social group – no tuition given. Every Thursday evening 7.30-9.30pm, just turn up. Call 01483 760 059 for details.

Frank Sinatra Tribute Evening at Sands, Chertsey Road. Call 01483 756988 for details.

Fri 18th: Horsell Neighbourhood Team of Surrey Police is holding their regular daytime surgery at St Mary’s, Churchill, during their coffee morning, between 10.30am and 12pm.

Painting for under 5s at The Lightbox, Chobham Road 11-11.45am. £3 per child. Call 01483 737837 to book.

Live music from Sam Wedgewood at The Red Lion pub, High Street. Call 01483 768 497 for details.

What’s on in Horsell 7th-13th May 2012

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Mon 7th: The annual Grand May Fayre takes place on Wheatsheaf Recreation Ground – there’s more information on the blog from the article in The Resident magazine.

Live jazz from Phil Brown Swingtet at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch, 8.30pm. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Tues 8th: Storytelling for under 5s at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 11-11.40am. Free entry, donations welcome. Call 01483 737837 for details.

Informal group for babies, toddlers and carers meets for play and socialising every Tuesday during term time, 10am-12pm in the St Andrew’s Room at St Mary’s, Church Hill. Call 01483 772172 for details.

Outdoor net sessions at Woking & Horsell Cricket Club, Brewery Road, 6pm. For more details on joining visit the WHCC website.

Quiz night at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch, 8pm. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Weds 9th: Audio-described tour of ‘Kenwood in the Kitchen’ at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 10.30-11am. Free entry, donations welcome. Call 01483 737837 to book.

New world wine and food evening at Sands, Chertsey Road, from 7.30pm, £25 per person. Call 01483 756988 for details.

Horsell Runners regular run, starts at 7.45pm from outside the Beijing Restaurant, High Street. Just come along or contact info@horsellrunners.org.

Quiz night at The Crown pub, 104 High Street, 9pm. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Thurs 10th: Evening quilt club: come and make quilts for charity or work on your own projects at Needle and Thread, High Street. A social group – no tuition given. Every Thursday evening 7.30-9.30pm, just turn up. Call 01483 760 059 for details.

Fri 11th: Regular coffee morning 10am-12pm at St Mary’s, Church Hill. Call 01483 772172 for details.

Live music from James Deane at The Red Lion pub, High Street. Call 01483 768 497 for details.

Last, but by no means least, is the Horsell Residents’ Association (HRA) Annual General Meeting (AGM)! Held in Horsell Village Hall, High Street, doors open at 7.15pm, for a 7.30pm start. You can find out more in the article in the last edition of The Resident – anyone who is a member of HRA is welcome and if you’re not a member you can join on the night. Annual membership is £5 per household (or £2.50 if retired). As well as the AGM business, we’ll have speakers on the summer celebrations planned in Horsell. Come along!

Sat 12th: Fundraising do at The Crown pub, 104 High Street, with disco, slave auction & raffle. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Horsell Jubilation: an update and requests for help!

Plans are now well advanced for Horsell’s celebration of the Diamond Jubilee – Sunday 3 June, 12 noon till 5.30pm.

We’d love to make you aware of two activities we think you’ll enjoy – the Tug of War and our Jubilee Hat Competition! And below you can also find a list of areas in which we are still seeking volunteers.

Eight teams of eight will compete to win the Jubilation Tug of War Cup on 3rd June. Would you like to put a team together? Perhaps your team could be a ‘street’ team? Or associated with one or more of our local traders? We’re hoping some of Horsell’s pubs will also get involved with pub teams! Please email lizzyjblanchard@gmail.com asap to bag one of the eight slots.

Everyone can enter the day’s Hat Competition. All guests are invited to make, craft, borrow, beg or commission from a royal milliner a Jubilee themed hat – something even Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice would be proud to wear on June 3rd! Take the Queen’s jewels as your inspiration, or Horsell, or 60 years, or red, white and blue… decorate an existing hat or make one from scratch. Adult and child winners will be picked on the day.

So a lot is happening already but of course we still need helpers both now in the build-up and on the day itself. This is a celebration for Horsell, organised by Horsell, so don’t be shy!

The best place to volunteer is on our website www.horselljubilation.net but you can ring me on 01483 764351 if you prefer. These are some of the areas where we need your help:

• there are still about 50 streets without a Road Representative. We want to get messages like this out to everyone in your street. Have you a dog that needs walking?
• are you a doctor or nurse or a qualified first-aider? Why not join a rota so that we can provide good coverage on the day? You can do this on the website or contact Sheonagh on sho@sheonaghfriend.com
• we have a number of really interesting history projects underway. Would you like us to record your memories or have you Jubilee photographs or other interesting historic material you can share? You can also do this on the website or contact Ann Harington on 01483 761624
• can we borrow a laptop to let people view the results of the History projects? We plan to use one of the High Street shops for this on the day.
• have you a large monitor that we can borrow to use in the Village Hall? The schools are recording things for us to play to people having tea.
• can you display a poster on a board in the garden? These will be going up immediately after the May Fayre and elections are over
• can you sell our Commemorative Brochure down your road? This will be ready by mid May.
• do you have a van that could be used to collect the diversion signs?

Hoping to hear from you soon! Regards, Tony Kremer

Ring 01483 764351 or email a.kremer@ntlworld.com

What’s on in Horsell 30th April-6th May 2012

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Mon 30th: Live jazz from Panama Café Orchestra at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch, 8.30pm. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Tues 1st: Informal group for babies, toddlers and carers meets for play and socialising every Tuesday during term time, 10am-12pm in the St Andrew’s Room at St Mary’s, Church Hill. Call 01483 772172 for details.

Outdoor net sessions at Woking & Horsell Cricket Club, Brewery Road, 6pm. For more details on joining visit the WHCC website.

Weds 2nd: Drawing workshop for adults at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 10.30am-12.30pm. Free entry, donations welcome. Call 01483 737837 to book. All materials provided.

Horsell Runners regular run, starts at 7.45pm from outside the Beijing Restaurant, High Street. Just come along or contact info@horsellrunners.org.

Quiz night at The Crown pub, 104 High Street, 9pm. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Thurs 3rd: Local election (see previous blogpost for more details).

The Horsell Afternoon branch of the Women’s Institute (WI) is meeting at 2pm in Horsell Village Hall. Visitors are always welcome. Call 01483 475 341 or email beryl.dunham2@btinternet.com for details.

Evening quilt club: come and make quilts for charity or work on your own projects at Needle and Thread, High Street. A social group – no tuition given. Every Thursday evening 7.30-9.30pm, just turn up. Call 01483 760 059 for details.

Fri 4th: Regular coffee morning 10am-12pm at St Mary’s, Church Hill. Call 01483 772172 for details.

Live music from Jodie & the OAP at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Live music from Acoustic Air at The Red Lion pub, High Street. Call 01483 768 497 for details.

Local elections in Horsell

Woking Borough Council is holding local elections for borough councillors on Thursday (3 May). Polling stations are open 7am to 10pm.

Nominations for Horsell East and Woodham

The following people have been nominated for election:

• Knight, Terry; UK Independence Party
• Rawling, Jill; The Labour Party
• Sanderson, James; Liberal Democrats
• Smith, Michael John; The Conservative Party

Nominations for Horsell West

The following people have been nominated for election:

• Branagan, Tony; The Conservative Party
• Bright, Colin Robert; The Labour Party
• Johnson, Rosemary; Liberal Democrats
• Shaw, Timothy Olaf Richard; UK Independence Party

You can find out more about the elections on the Woking council website.

What’s on in Horsell 23rd-29th April 2012

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Mon 23rd: Horsell Village Hall annual general meeting at 8pm in, you guessed it, Horsell Village Hall! (See previous blogpost for more details.)

Live jazz from Geoff Cole’s Red Hot Five at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch, 8.30pm. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Tues 24th: Storytelling for under 5s at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 11-11.40am. Free entry, donations welcome. Call 01483 737837 for details.

Outdoor net sessions start at Woking & Horsell Cricket Club, 6pm. For more details on joining visit the WHCC website.

Quiz night at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch, 8pm. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Weds 25th: Horsell Amateur Dramatic Society perform ‘Come on, Jeeves’ in Woking’s Rhoda McGaw Theatre, 7.30pm, £12. (See previous blogpost for more details.)

Horsell Runners regular run, starts at 7.45pm from outside the Beijing Restaurant, High Street. Just come along or contact info@horsellrunners.org.

Quiz night at The Crown pub, 104 High Street, 9pm. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Thurs 26th: Horsell Amateur Dramatic Society perform ‘Come on, Jeeves’ in Woking’s Rhoda McGaw Theatre, 7.30pm, £12.

Evening quilt club: come and make quilts for charity or work on your own projects at Needle and Thread, High Street. A social group – no tuition given. Every Thursday evening 7.30-9.30pm, just turn up. Call 01483 760 059 for details.

Fri 27th: Regular coffee morning 10am-12pm at St Mary’s, Church Hill. Call 01483 772172 for details.

Horsell Amateur Dramatic Society perform ‘Come on, Jeeves’ in Woking’s Rhoda McGaw Theatre, 7.30pm, £12.

Sat 28th: Kanzachi brooch adult workshop at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 2-4pm. £15. Call 01483 737837 for details.

Horsell Amateur Dramatic Society perform ‘Come on, Jeeves’ in Woking’s Rhoda McGaw Theatre, 7.30pm, £12.

Learn about the dawn chorus on Horsell Common. Meet at the gravel car park on Shores Road at 5.30am for a two-hour walk. For more details email tasha.feddery@surreywt.org.uk or call 07891 514 575.

Titanic connection to a Horsell resident?

A visitor to the blog posted the following message – I wonder if anyone remembers the people Lesley mentions?

“I lived in Horsell in late 1972/early 1973 and lodged with a lovely lady called Frances Burt in Thornash Road.

The recent media focus on the Titanic’s centenary reminded me that Frances had a friend called Kay (which I recall was not her real name) who lived opposite to us in the same road and who had been a child passenger on the Titanic.

She would have then been in her 70s I guess so fits the story chronologically but I wondered whether anyone else in the village remembers Frances and Kay or knows any more about this story?

With best wishes,

Lesley Barnard”

Do post a comment below, or send an email to horsellresident@gmail.com and I’ll pass your message on to Lesley.

What’s on in Horsell 16th-22nd April 2012

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Mon 16th: Mayford Lacemakers are holding a talk on the Royal School of Needlework and the making of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, 7.30-9.30pm in the Trinity Methodist Church building on Brewery Road. Non-members welcome (£3 charge).

Live jazz from The Excel Jazzmen at The Cricketers pub, Horsell Birch. Call 01483 762363 for details.

Tues 17th: Lovely Music Night is back at The Crown pub, 104 High Street. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Weds 18th: Drawing workshop for adults at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 10.30am-12.30pm. Free entry, donations welcome. Call 01483 737837 for details.

Horsell Runners regular run, starts at 7.45pm from outside the Beijing Restaurant, High Street. Just come along or contact info@horsellrunners.org.

Quiz night at The Crown pub, 104 High Street, 9pm. Call 01483 771719 for details.

Thurs 19th: Willmott Dixon and WWF are holding two update sessions on the building work in Brewery Road car park in Trinity Methodist Church Hall on Brewery Road. One session 3.30-5.30pm and a second 5-6pm. (See previous blogpost for more details.)

‘When in Rome’ talk at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 1-1.45pm. £5 entry (£4 for Friends of The Lightbox). Call 01483 737837 for details.

Woking branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am-12.15pm in the Trinity Methodist Church building on Brewery Road. Visitors and new members welcome.

Evening quilt club: come and make quilts for charity or work on your own projects at Needle and Thread, High Street. A social group; no tuition given. Every Thursday evening 7.30-9.30pm, just turn up. Call 01483 760 059 for details.

Fri 20th: Regular coffee morning 10am-12pm at St Mary’s, Church Hill. Call 01483 772172 for details.

Painting for under 5s at The Lightbox, Chobham Road, 11-11.45am. £3 per child, accompanying adult goes free. Call 01483 737837 to book.

The team planning the village jubilee celebration is holding an open meeting at Horsell Village Hall, 7-8.30pm. (See previous blogpost for more details.)

Brewery Road car park update

For an update on the building work in Brewery Road car park, you are invited to come to an open session on Thursday 19th April. WWF, who are building their headquarters on the site (the Living Planet Centre), and Willmott Dixon, the building company, are planning to hold two sessions in Trinity Methodist Church Hall on Brewery Road, one from 3.30-5pm and a second from 6-7.30pm on the 19th.

Work is due to start on the new bridge over the canal this month and the bridge and towpath will close on Monday 23rd April. The bridge is not expected to reopen until 2013.

You can find out more about the closures on the Woking Borough Council website.

Horsell Jubilation – Getting It Right

Horsell residents are planning a celebration for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on Sunday 3rd June!

I am very much hoping that you are free on Friday evening 20 April.

The Horsell Jubilation team is planning an open meeting for everyone involved in the event so that you can all get a lot more detail on what is to happen on the 3 June.  All aspects that are being planned by your teams will be laid out for you to review.  And we will have a list of needs and open issues, where we still need help, ideas and volunteers.

It is also a thank you to all those involved in the planning and all the road reps for playing a tremendous part.

I have booked the Village Hall from 7pm till 8.30.  (Doors open at 6.30.)

I also would like you to advertise it to everyone in the village you meet or who you can email as we still need more help on the day itself.  And the bundles of April Updates will be ready for Road Reps and Deliverers to take away.

Did I mention that there will be wine and nibbles?

How does that sound? I hope you can come.  Please let me know if you can so that we can get the right number of glasses out.

Tony Kremer
01483 764351
a.kremer@ntlworld.com