41 A NIGHT AT THE THEATRE Barn Theatre APRIL Fables Theatre Company present Goodnight Mister Tom A musical version of Michelle Magorian’s award-winning book, performed by the wonderfully talented children of Fables Theatre Company Saturday 1st (2pm & 7.30pm) Tickets Adult £14, Under 16's £10, Family (2 adults and 2 under 16's) £45 Oxted Musical Theatre Company presents Is There Life After High School? A musical show of songs and monologues recalling the joys, terrors, envies, hates, and loves that most teenagers experienced at high school Wednesday 19th – Saturday 22nd (2.30pm (Sat) & 7.45pm) Tickets £18 MAY The Oxted Players present Blithe Spirit A fussy, cantankerous novelist finds himself haunted by the ghost of his late first wife Tuesday 16th – Saturday 20th (2.30pm (Sat) & 7.30pm) Tickets £13 The Wild Murphys – One Night in Dublin (see over page) A celebration of the music and song of Ireland Friday 26th (7.30pm) Tickets £22 - £26 All-England Theatre Festival Eastern Area Final Enjoy some of the best one-act plays in the south east of England this year Sunday 28th (2pm & 6.30pm) Tickets £12 for one session or £20 for both sessions For tickets and further information on all the above shows visit www.barntheatreoxted.co.uk or 15a High Street, Westerham. Kent. TN16 1RA, Tel: 01959 561811
42 THEN...AND NOW This c1905 postcard view of Church Lane, with The Old Pack House on the left. In the 1920s the house was lived in by Maurice Elvey, a film producer, who made a film in 1933 -‘This Week of Grace’, starring Gracie Fields. Postcard courtesy of Roger Packham Today, the view has hardly changed, a lovely quiet road, with not too much traffic! Grahame Brooks
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45 DAY TRIPS FOR GODSTONE Pick up outside Hare & Hounds and Return 2023 TRIPS Please Note our driver will only return to the same drop off points as pick ups Wed 8th March – Day in Whitstable £22pp Mon 13th March – Port Lympne, Lympne £40pp Tues 21st March – Greyhound Racing – Brighton £22pp Thurs 30 March – Claremont Gardens/Garsons Garden Centre £33 – NT members free entry £22pp Tues 4 April – Portsmouth/Gun Wharf £22pp Wed 12 April – Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway £45pp Mon 17 April -Crossness Victorian Pumping Station £42pp Thurs 20 April – Arundel Tulip Festival £45pp Fri 28 April – Day in Deal £22pp Thurs 11 May – Marble Hill House £22pp Fri 19 May - Day in Eastbourne £22pp Wed 24 May – Bekenscot Model Village & Gardens £31pp Tues 30th May – Day trip to Southend on Sea £22pp Wed 14 June – Parham House & Gardens, Pulborough £35.50pp Fri 16 June – Broadstairs Dickens Festival/Margate £22pp Tues 20 June – Day in Bexhill or Hastings £22pp Friday 30 June – Windsor Boat Trip £39pp Tel - 01883 330095 or Email [email protected] www.allenbycoachhire.co.uk
46 USEFUL LOCAL CONTACTS PLEASE ADVISE THE EDITOR OF ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS Magazine Editor Melanie Underwood [email protected] 07792 654362 Magazine Advertising Alison McCormick [email protected] Rector Peter O’Connell 01883 741945 Assistant Priest (PTO) Evelyn Randall 07590 099326 Verger: Godstone Di Grose 01883 742983 Wardens: Godstone Louise Case 01883 740182 Graham Millar 07710 096103 South Godstone Karen Jackson 01342 894669 Blindley Heath Trevor Nightingale 07739100857 Treasurers: Godstone South Godstone Janet MacKinnon 01342 893580 Blindley Heath Keith Rose 01342 844312 Parish Administrator Philippa March [email protected] 07428 348651 Junior Church Peter O’Connell 01883 741945 Captain of the Tower Alison McCormick (Practice Thurs at 8pm) 01883 744883 Friends of St Nicholas Philip Anderson 01883 742655 Buses4U Lines open 8.30am–5pm Mon–Fri 01883 732937 East Surrey Dial-a-Ride God. & S. God. Lines Open Mon-Fri 9am-4pm 01883 349001 Caterham Voluntary Centre Soper Hall, Caterham 01883 344444 Crossroads Care 01372 869970 Godstone Primary & Nursery School Head Teacher Mr Nick Usher 01883 742326 Health Visitor Jill Lake 01883 734042 Metrobus 01293 449191 Police 101 Pond Tail Surgery Visits, emergencies, general info. 01883 742279 Appointments 01883 742387 Prescriptions/results 01883 745098 Relate (Marriage Guidance) 103 Brighton Road, Purley 0208 660 6492 St Stephens School Head: Mrs A Blackburn 01342 892219 Samaritans 4b High Street, Reigate National Helpline 116 123 Southdown PSV 01342 719619 Surrey County Councillor Chris Farr, Bywood, Hare Lane, Blindley Heath, RH7 6JB Phone: 01342 835175 / Mob: 07553 583601 Email: [email protected] Surrey Wildlife Trust Office Hours 01483 795440 Tandridge District Councillors: Mike Crane, 24 Woodlands Drive, South Godstone 07500 453871 Chris Farr, Bywood, Hare Lane, Blindley Heath 07553 583601 Charlotte Swann 2 The Villas, Eastbourne Road, Blindley Health RH7 6JN email: [email protected] Welcare 24 Warwick Road, Redhill Mon-Fri 9.30-4pm 01737 780884 Youth Centre Bookings Mrs L Case, 10 Stangrave Hall, RH9 8BN 01883 740182 The Magazine is not responsible for the accuracy of any advertising material or the usefulness of an advertised product or service. The appearance of an advertisement in this Magazine is not an endorsement of an advertiser’s goods or services.
47 VILLAGE ACTIVITIES GODSTONE (01883) Age Concern, Godstone Diana Drysdale (Chairman) 742708 Pat Bamforth (Hon. Sec.) 742625 Baptist Church Chris Hayns email [email protected] 744175 Friday Lunch Club Baptist Church, Fridays 10.30am‑lpm, Church Secretary 734502 Play Centre Birth-3, with carer, Tuesday 10‑11.30am, Gill Rhodes 742317 Bay Pond Anglers Alan Adams 07957 398660 Beavers Peter O’Connell email [email protected] Bourne Society (local history) Hazel Marsden (Secretary) 0208 405 4833 Bowls Club Membership Secretary Margaret O`Brien 371410 British Horological Inst. Alan White, White Hart Barn, 1st Thursday 7.30pm–10pm 744346 Brownies Leslie Wyllie, Wednesdays 3.30-5.30pm 07837 970787 CAMEO Club Every other Tuesday, White Hart Barn 2.30-4pm 742680 or 742700 Chung Yong Taekwondo Academy Instructor Dean Gibbs 07989 642132 Cricket Club Jac Cullinan email [email protected] 07841 580973 Cubs Mark Wickenden email [email protected] Football Club Paul Hodges 742604 Gardeners’ Club Meets 1st Wednesday each month, White Hart Barn, 7.30pm Chair – Jean Jones www.godstonegardeners.net 744254 Godstone Boules Group email [email protected] Godstone Club Keith Ward 742604 Godstone Parish Council email [email protected] 744209 Godstone Village Association (GVA) Alban Brindle 07919 843546 Lions Club Tony Carter 2nd Tuesday., White Hart Barn, 8pm 741809 North Downs Community Orchestra 7.30-9.30pm, 2nd, 4th (& 5th) of the month www.thefunorchestra.co.uk or email [email protected] Preservation Society Mary Stuart-Menteth/Heather Lawson 744389/07519 197749 St Nicholas’ Youth Centre Louise Case 740182 Scouts Mark Wiles email [email protected] Swan’s Club Village School, 3.15‑6pm in term time 742326 Taekwondo (Junior Classes) Tues & Thurs, WHB 6.10pm to 7pm 07989 642132 Table Tennis Dave Bamforth 742625 Tennis Club Sue Goddard 342727 Women’s Institute – Afternoon 3nd Wednesday, 2.15pm, White Hart Barn 742393 Women’s Institute – Evening Anita Black email [email protected] 01342 893410 White Hart Barn For bookings call 07592 977048 VILLAGE ACTIVITIES - SOUTH GODSTONE (01342) Brownies Tracey Lovell, Wednesdays, 5.30‑7pm at Scout Hut 01883 331040 Scout Group Secretary Judith Jung, Committee Secretary, email [email protected] Karate Club Nigel Bryant 836728 Mums United Baby & Toddler Group Thursdays, St Stephen’s Church, 9.30am-12pm Doors open 9am. email [email protected] Residents’ Association Susan Clark 01342 893445 Scouts Ricky Ward 01883 744703 South Godstone Crafters Carol Carey 893189 or Fiona Sabey 07746 423262 Sports Association Colin White 893010 Table Tennis Club Alan Curran 892432 Tuesday Club Margaret Highams 893192 Women’s Institute Maggie Barton Wilby 2nd Tuesday, Jubilee Room 8pm 07850 851379 Youth Club Jon Goodman email [email protected] 07904 001199
OXTED, SURREY HOUSE AND GARDENS OPEN ON SATURDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, GARDENS ONLY ON SUNDAYS Information Line: 07889 052461 www.titsey.org Titsey Place, with its stunning garden, lakes, woodland walks, walled kitchen garden and park offering panoramic views, enchants visitors. Enjoy the fine family portraits, furniture, a beautiful collection of porcelain and a marvellous set of four Canaletto pictures of Venice. After visiting the mansion house and grounds, why not relax in our tea room where light refreshments are available. Open season: 17th May to 27th Sept 2023 House and gardens open: 1pm to 5pm every Wed and Sat. Also end of May and Aug bank holidays. Guided tours of the house at 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm (limited 20 per tour) Tea rooms open: Wed, Sat, Sun 12.30pm Gardens only open: Every Sun 1pm to 5pm NGS open days: 28 May, 25 June, 16 July, 13 Aug
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At Willow’s we provide a calm and relaxed environment. Every dog in our care receives one to one attention enabling us to build a trusting relationship. Time is taken to establish each individual dog’s needs. Fully Qualified - Level 3 City & Guilds diploma We are fully insured Regularly attend Canine first aid courses We use top quality natural products Please feel free to pop in or call us. We are always happy to help. Please contact Denise on: 01883 725126 [email protected] 75B HIGH STREET, GODSTONE, RH9 8DT (Adjacent to the White Hart Barn)