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23 April 2004

HTAG Seniors' Lunch at The Parrot, Shalford

The 2003 garden open day was a huge success and raised funds, which are traditionally used for the benefit of our senior citizens. Holy Trinity Amenity Group is not just pressure group trying to maintain the fabric of our fine town and its associated townscape. It also tries to involve its citizens in group activities promoting friendship and social cohesion of the ward. The Seniors' Luncheon is just such a group. Many of us meet at the Sandford Arms (now Rogues Wine Bar) on the final Thursday of the month, but the luncheon was made open to several who are unable to attend the coffee mornings. What a treat they had. To find out more about the lunch party click here. To see more photos of the lunch click here.

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Ward Street Institute of the University of Surrey

The new Summer Programme for the Ward Street Institute can now be viewed by clicking here. Adobe Acrobat is required to view the programme.

OZ House Exchange 2005

Anne Every (UK born) and her husband Bruce (both retired) are looking for a house or flat in the Guildford area to exchange for a 4 to 8 week period between March and November 2005. They can offer a four bedroom house located 9 miles east of Melbourne (20 mins via the freeway) in a private road on the edge of Ruffey Lake Park. They are ideally placed for both the city and touring. Their three adult children live nearby and could offer help and advice if required. Non-smokers only, please. For further information email margaret.westwood@ukgateway,net or bevery@opyusnet.com.au.

HTAG Theatre Outing

Don't forget the HTAG theatre outing on Thursday, 29 April. For tickets please contact Angie on 563495.

HTAG Music Evening

The HTAG Music Evening is at 8.00 pm on Friday 7 May, and will be held at 8 Pewley Bank. There will be an English (or Scottish, Irish, Welsh) theme. For more information and to let us know if you would like to be included on our programme, call Stephen on 564021.

Guildford Cathedral

On Saturday 24 April at 7.30 pm the Epworth Choir will sing Handel's Messiah. For more information visit their website.

Campaign for St Martha's

The Sponsored Walk to raise funds to secure the future of St Martha-on-the-Hill takes place tomorrow, Saturday 24 April. For more details visit the Campaign website.

Cyclists' Touring Club

ON Sunday 25 April there will be a 50 mile Reliability Ride starting between 8.00 am and 9.00 am at the Club Headquarters or Pyrford Common. For more information visit the Cyclists' Touring club. If you prefer Trail Riding, GO50 have an easy ride on quiet country lanes organised on Monday 26 April, starting at 10.00 am. For more details on where to meet etc visit go50 or email go50@acsurrey.org.uk.

Cranleigh and Ewhurst Save the Children Fair

This Plant and Gift Fair will be held on Wednesday 28 April between 10.00 am and 3.30 pm at Albury Park Mansion, off the A25. The entrance fee will be £2.50, parking is free, and there will be tea, coffee and lunch available.

Guildford Jazz at the Electric Theatre

On Thursday 29 April at 8.00 pm, Guildford Jazz presents Curious Paradise. Tickets cost £13.00 in advance and £12.00 on the day. Concessions available. Call the Box Office on 01483 444789 or visit the Guildford Jazz website.

Exhibition of Turned Wood

From Friday 30 April to Sunday 9 May, 11.00 am to 5.00 pm daily, this exhibition will be at The Stable Yard, Polesden Lacey, Bookham. There will be woodturning demonstrations throughout the exhibition, with most exhibits for sale. A proportion of the proceeds will be donated to the National Trust.

Country Walks - Saturday 24 April

June and Aubrey have changed part of Saturday's route to avoid ugly forestry works in the area of Holmbury St Mary. This has shortened the walk by 1.5 miles and at the same time eliminated a long climb and a shorter ascent, thus also making the walk slightly less challenging! The lunch venue has also been changed so that lunch will be at the half-way point, after 5.25 miles. For more information visit their website, or phone 020 7233 6563.

14 April 2004

HTAG Winter Bridge Festival

The HTAG 2004 Winter Bridge Festival was a great success. Much of this success is due to the fact that it was held in The Guildhall by kind permission of Gordon Bridger whose Mayoral year this is. The Mayor may use this historic building privately on very few occasions while in office and The HTAG Bridge Circle had the honour and privilege to be invited to use this venue for their winter tournament. All the Bridge players dressed appropriately and the ladies looked stunning. There was a jolly atmosphere and the food and wine excellent, but we settled to the main activity of the evening and enjoyed a splendid evening of bridge. The competition was based on an individual rubber bridge score having rotated partners throughout the evening. Our thanks are due to a whole team of cooks, wine buyers, prize providers, table movers, competition organisers and others, most of whom seemed to be our Bridge Organiser, Colin Callegari. I can only remember one person who won a well-deserved prize for her skill at the card table - our Lady Mayor, Jean Bridger. For a brief history of the Bridge Club click here.

9 April 2004

From the Mayor . . .

A team from Vision Aid is going out to Zambia in June so if anyone has old specs please pass them to the Mayor at GBC. Is there anyone in the Holy Trinity Ward with medical experience who would be interested in acting as a link between a very small hospital and health clinic, and Royal Surrey County Hospital? Their function would be to mobilise contacts and help for some desperately needed medical units in Mukono, a District in Uganda, and Guildford. Again, contact the Mayor at GBC if you can help. The Mayor is also looking for someone who could lend him a reasonably portable record player (33 rpm) for a couple of days in late April.

Planning News

There is a new planning application for the building of a very large hotel complex on Bridge Street/Onslow Street/Bedford Road. The proposed building will include "a gaming facility and 5 retail outlets". The HTAG planning group will object, as it did to an earlier application, on the general grounds of scale and the increased opportunity for gambling/drinking which it will provide in an area where there is already rising drink related town centre violence. The planning references are: 04/P/00593 (for permission to demolish buildings in a conservation area), and 04/P/00606 (to redevelop the site). Please make your views known to Carol Humphrey, The Department of Environmental and Planning Services, GBC. The deadline is 14 April but in practice submissions will be accepted later provided they are received before GBC considers its verdict.

HTAG Theatre Outing

Still tickets left to this hilarious production of "Round the Horn . . . . Revisited". Cost of the tickets, to include coach, is £30 each. Please phone Angie on 563495 for further details and to book.

Adverts

There are some new adverts in the Household, Furniture and Kids' Stuff sections. To view these click on our Adverts pages.

Links

More links have been added to our Links section, especially links with other community websites. To visit these click on our Links pages and look under "C".

Nothing Planned over the Easter Weekend?

Below is a list of events in and around Guildford over the Easter weekend and beyond.

Guildford House Gallery

There is an Easter Egg hunt quiz from 3 to 17 April, and on 14 April a workshop to make a Pin-Hole Camera. Details on 01483 444742. Also at the Gallery from 8 April is a new exhibition "A Nice Piece of Skirt - Hems and Hemlines" (1868 to 1968).

The Witley Centre

From 9 to 12 April there is an Easter Egg trail, and on 14 April Woodland Games, for children aged 6 to 11. Details on 01428 683207. Easter Egg hunts also take place at Claremont Landscape Garden on Easter Saturday, Hatchlands Park on Easter Sunday and Monday, and also an Easter trail at Box Hill on Easter Sunday, and an Easter trail at Polesden Lacey on Easter Monday. For more information visit the National Trust website.

RHS Gardens Wisley

On 10 and 11 April 11 year olds can join the Winston the Wisley Rabbit trail. Children will be given seeds to grow their own pumpkins ahead of the pumpkin parade.

Clandon Park

On 10 April there will be an Easter Egg trail and hunt for Easter clues. Call 01483 222482.

Point-to-Point Meetings

The next meetings are on Easter Saturday and Easter Monday. The 10 April meeting is at Ashford Valley in Kent, with the first race starting at 2.00 pm. The 12 April meeting is at East Kent, Aldington, Kent and again the first race starts at 2.00 pm. For further information go to their website.

Live Crafts at Charterhouse School

Live Crafts is far more than just an ordinary craft show. Before being accepted into the show each exhibitor must make a declaration to the effect that they are the Artist/Craftmaker of the item on sale. The next fair is over the Easter Bank Holiday on 9, 10, 11 and 12 April from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. For more information go to www.livecraftshows.co.uk/.

GO50 - Organised country walks for the beginner

GO50 is a project supported by Age Concern Surrey which aims to introduce people in the fifty plus age range to a healthier life style and to the benefits of regular exercise. With the help of volunteers, walks are organised so that people can enjoy walking and socialising together. There will always be someone at the starting point to greet you. On Monday 12 April there will be a walk on Pewley Downs of 2.5 miles. Meet at Chantry Woods car park at 10.30 for a 10.45 start. There will be an optional pub lunch at the Seahorse, Shalford. On Wednesday 14 April there will be a walk on Puttenham Common of 3.5 miles. Meet at the top car park on the common at 10.15 for a 10.30 start. Optional refreshments at pub.

GO50 also organise Novice Trail Riding for the beginner in the beautiful Surrey countryside. The distances (which are not far on a bike) are from 8 to 12 miles, with optional lunchtime refreshments. Helmets are advisable and it is important to use a suitable off road cycle. On Thursday 15 April meet at the Cricketers Pub in Pirbright village at 10.00 am for a 10.15 start. For more information go to www.acsurrey.org.uk/.

Blackheath and Bramley Choral Society

On Saturday 17 April at 7.45 pm in Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. Programme includes Durufle Requiem and works by Rutter, Stanford and Holst. Tickets £8.00 at the door or by phoning 01483 892829.

Contemporary Art Exhibition of works by Peter Clarke

At the Guildford Institute, Ward Street, from Monday 19 April to Thursday 6 May from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Visitors should ring 01483 562142 to check access to the exhibition as the room is occasionally in use for other purposes.

Fashion, Craft and Design

See the Rural Crafts Association Pavilions at Secretts Garden Centre, Milford, Godalming between 16 and 18 April. For more information email RuralCraftsAssociation@btinternet.com.

Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

On 18 April from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm there will be a Camellia, Magnolia and Rhododendron Festival at Borde Hill Garden. For more information ring 01444 450326 or go to www.bordehill.co.uk/.

Guildford Cathedral

On Saturday 24 April at 7.30 pm the Epworth Choir will perform Handel's Messiah conducted by Peter Heming. Tickets are available from Guildford Tourist Information Centre or at the door on the evening of the concert. For more information go to www.epworthchoir.org/.

Painshill Park

A special series of talks and lectures during 2004 will focus on the American Roots project at Painshill Park, in preparation for the major exhibition that opens there in July 2005. On Wednesday 14 April, from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, there will be a talk by Bill Tomlins called The Five Fine Surrey Gardens. For more information on this and other events at the Park go to www.painshill.co.uk/.

Cranleigh Arts Centre

On Thursday 22 April at 8.00 pm, The Dante Readers perform The Divine Comedy, from the English translation by Mark Musa. For more information telephone 01483 278000 or email enquiries@cranleighartscentre.org.

Loseley House, Guildford

There will be a Spring Gardening Weekend in the beautiful walled gardens at Losley House from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 April, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots of plants, furniture, sculptures etc. For more information go to www.good-timing.com/.

Cyclists' Touring Club

Get on your bike! On Sunday 25 April a 50 mile Reliability Ride will start between 8.00 and 9.00 am at the CTC HQ OR Pyrford Common. For more information go to www.westsurreyctcda.org.uk/.

Roadworks in Central Guildford

It now appears that the roadworks will be going on until September according to some of the signs around Guildford.

5 April 2004

Roadworks in Central Guildford

Work starts today on a dedicated bus lane in Onslow Street, starting outside The Friary. Severe disruption will occur so plan an alternative route or go on holiday. It's due to be completed by 14 May.

Guildford Borough Council Planning Meeting

The next planning meeting will be at 2.00 pm at Millmead on Tuesday 6 April.

HTAG Seniors' Outing

More drivers are needed to help transport some senior HTAG members to lunch at The Parrot Inn, Shalford, on Thursday, 22 April. Your services will be needed from about 11.30. A free lunch is available! Please contact Jean on 573717, if you can help.

Pewley Down Conservation Volunteers

On Thursday, 22 April the Pewley Down Volunteers holds its first AGM at Burchatts Farm Barn at 7.00 pm. PDV was started as part of HTAG but has grown so rapidly that it now needs its own separate organisation. David Baldock will give a talk entitled "The Natural History of Pewley Down". For more information on PDCV visit our Societies pages.

HTAG Gardens Open Day

Gardens Open Day is on Sunday, 27 June, 2.30 to 5.30. This is always a popular event but we need two or three more gardens for people to visit. Please contact Jean on 573717 if you can help. The garden of HTAG's Chairman will be open this year so you can see that the horticultural standard need not be high!

The Mayor's Lectures

During the 5th of the Mayor's lectures Sallie Thornberry outlined the work of the Guildford-Uganda link committee. Two contributions stand out: Andy Kittow, a chemistry teacher at RGS, described help given to the Pallisa Skills Training Centre and a neighbouring school for orphans; and Nigel Horrocks told us how our unwanted spectacles could transform people's lives in Uganda. Both schemes are carefully monitored to ensure help reaches those who need it most.

Farmers' Market

Don't forget the Farmers' Market in Guildford High Street on Tuesday 6 April.

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