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29 February 2004

Message in a Bottle

The Guildford Lions Club suggest the old and vulnerable, living alone, keep essential information about themselves in a bottle and store it in the fridge. The Ambulance Service know where to look for it in an emergency. A special bottle, form and stickers are available free from Health Centres, GP's surgeries and pharmacies. For further information ring Guildford Lions on 07719 695714. For more information about the Guildford Lions go to www.guildfordlions.co.uk.

28 February 2004

John Catlow's Birthday

Mr John Catlow celebrated his 90th birthday at a lively party hosted by Sushila and Graham Dean, and attended by all of John's neighbours in Poyle Road. John and his late wife, Nancy, bought their house in Poyle Road in 1954, and John has lived there for all but four of those years. To see more photos of John's party click here.

27 February 2004

March HTAG Newsletter

Please let me have your contributions for the next newsletter by this weekend. We must deliver the copies at least a week before the next Road Reps meeting on 16 March. If you have any issues you wish to raise at the meeting, please let your Road Rep know.

HTAG Seniors' Lunch Treat

This will take place on Thursday 22 April at 12 noon. Places have been booked at the Parrot Inn in Shalford. All our coffee morning friends and drivers are most welcome. This event is funded by last year's Gardens Open Day. Please contact us via this site for more information and to book.

HTAG Gardens Open Day

This will be held on Sunday 27 June from 2.30 to 5.30 pm. We are hoping to show gardens in the Pewley, Charlotteville and Harvey areas. Offers of small, medium or large gardens would be welcome. We don't expect perfect "show" gardens - just those that are well loved. Please contact us via this site if you would like to include your garden.

HTAG May Day Ramble

This will be on Monday 3 May at 10.30 am. Put this date in your diary now! Meet at the Row Barge Pub (off Stoughton Road) for an easygoing riverside walk of 3 miles. Contact us via this site if you would like more information.

HTAG Art Exhibition

At the last Social Group meeting it was suggested that some of our members would be prepared to contribute to an art exhibition in our area, perhaps in the Autumn. If you are interested contact us via this site for more information.

Crossroads Care Charity

£155 was sent to Crossroads from the successful Carol Singing event in December. It was lovely to see so many children participate in this event. Thanks to all who sang, catered or contributed.

Charlotteville Spike

Gina Redpath would like to receive any old photos of the Spike which show lanterns on the roof. If you can help contact us via this site.

Holy Trinity (Guildford) Housing Association Ltd

Are you interested in secure, affordable rented accommodation convenient to central Guildford for yourself, relatives or friends? Addison Court offers pleasant, newly refurbished flats and studios in sheltered accommodation for people over 55 years. For more information contact the House Manager via this site.

Harvey Road Sign

A new sign has appeared at the top of Bright Hill which should help visitors to reach their destination. Our thanks are due to Susan Mather, HTAG Road Rep, for raising this issue.

The Friary Development

If you would like a summary of our submission please contact us via this site.

21 February 2004

HTAG Road Reps Meeting

The next Road Reps meeting will be on Tuesday 16 March at 8.00 pm, usual venue. If you have an issue to raise, please let your Road Rep know before the meeting, which you can do via this site on the Contact Us pages.

Pewley Down Volunteers

During the winter the volunteers have been concentrating on cutting back some of the scrub which has grown up round the edges of the grassland. The scrub also has to be managed for wildlife by creating a mosaic of tall bushes, low shrubs and open glades. Birds such as Song Thrush, Bull Finch, Dunnock and Blackbird will thrive here. The next two meetings are on Saturday 20 March and Wednesday 21 April, both from 10.00 am to 12.30. On Saturday 15 May, from 10.00 am to 12.30, they will hold a Spring Flower Count. The volunteers need to monitor which species grow on which part of the Down, so that they can repeat the study in one year's time. Anyone is welcome to join in. Our AGM will be on Thursday 22 April 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm at Burchatts Farm Barn in Stoke Park. The dogs featured are Bertie, a rough haired Jack Russell and Tiny, a Jack Russell/Fox Terrier puppy. For more photos go to our Gallery pages, then click on Events where they are near the top of the events listed.

HTAG Involvement in Local Planning

Planning decisions are "led" by the Borough Plan (2003). This is based on government and regional guidelines. It is backed up by subsidiary documents such as supplementary planning guidelines (SPGs), planning briefs, etc. Amenity groups and residents' associations (AGs) are invited to provide an input to these. In theory all planning applications can be decided by reference to them. In practice there is some room for interpretation. Click on the Features Pages) to continue reading.

HTAG Coffee Morning

The next coffee morning is at 10.30 am on Thursday 26 February at Rogues Wine Bar, Epsom Road. Still only 60p for tea/coffee and biscuits. All welcome.

Trees in Harvey Road

The trees in Harvey Road cost about £1000 a tree to plant. Some more might be planted if local residents were willing to make a contribution. If you are interested please contact your chairman via this site.

Mayor's "Sandwich" Concerts

Don't forget the Mayor's "sandwich" concerts which will take place on 6 consecutive Tuesdays in the Guildhall from 12.30 to 1.20 pm, (17, 24 Feb and 2, 9, 16, 23 March). They comprise discs chosen by presenters including Rowland Sidwell, Jim Miles, Tamsy Baker and Nicola Goold. Bring your sandwiches and enjoy. The concerts are free but you will be invited to contribute to Crossroads. Tea/coffee available.

Grand Quiz in the Guildhall

Members of HTAG are invited to a Grand Quiz in the Guildhall, courtesy of the Mayor, at 7.00 pm, Friday 26 March. Tickets are £6.50 which pays for a fish and chip supper and one glass of wine. Either enter as a team of 8 or make up a team when you arrive. More information from Jean, 573717.

March HTAG Newsletter

Please let me have your contributions for the next newsletter early in the week beginning 1 March. We must deliver the copies at least a week before the next Road Reps meeting on 16 March. If you have any issues you wish to raise at the meeting, please let your Road Rep know.

Guildford Local Committee

There will be a meeting of the Guildford Local Committee on 11 March at 2.00 pm at Millmead. The topic is transport so it could be a lively session.

Guildford Spring Music Festival

From left to right in the photo are Greg Clements (Awards for All), Peter Terry (Chairman), Alan Dewey and Sally Dewey (Secretaries) and William Heath (Treasurer). For more information on the Spring Music Festival, go to our Features pages.

16 February 2004

HTAG Theatre Outing - Thursday 29 April

Angie Hargreave's theory this year is for everyone to have a "Good Cheering up", so she has chosen "Round the Horn . . . . Revisited" as the next Theatre Outing. Those of you who remember this programme between 1965 and 1968 will know that it was hilarious! Brian Cooke is the last survivor of the writing team who kept radio listeners happy with "Round the Horn" in the 60's. Now he has pieced together a show from the original, but it's much cheekier! Five gifted actors bring Horn and his colleagues back to life and the laughts come thick and fast. It's a return trip to the golden age of innuendo, and it makes for an exceptionally entertaining evening, so please do come. We will leave from the top of Bright Hill (as usual) at 5.30 pm. on Thursday 29 April. The show starts at 7.30 and is approximately 90 minutes long, but I have arranged for the coach to pick us up at 10.15 so we can have a wander, or even find somewhere nice to have a drink for an hour after the show. We cannot be dropped immediately outside the theatre, but it's only a two minute walk away. Cost of the tickets to include coach is £30 each. Please phone Angie on 563495 for further details and to book.

13 February 2004

Guildford Chamber Choir

A programme of Music for St Valentine's Day will be held at 7.30 pm in St Nicholas Church, Lower High Street, on Saturday 14 February. The concert, entitled "Love and Loss", is in aid of CRUSE Bereavement Care, with guest conductor Tim Brown of Clare College, Cambridge. There will be a pre-concert supper available in the Church Hall at 6.15 pm. Tickets available from The Tourist Office, Tunsgate, Guildford, or Record Corner, Pound Lane, Godalming. All profits will be donated to CRUSE (Guildford and Waverly Branch). For more information on Guildford Chamber Choir, contact www.guildfordchamberchoir.org.

12 February 2004

Guildford Spring Music Festival

The Guildford Spring Music Festival has published its programme of eleven concerts from March 14 to 20 at the Electric Theatre, featuring musicians from the Guildford area. The Spring Festival will provide an opportunity for Guildford residents to enjoy and appreciate the wealth of talent living amongst them. For more information go to our Features pages.

Guildford Choral Society presents . . .

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2, Hymn of Praise
Brahms: Song of Destiny
With the BBC Concert Orchestra
Soloists: Mary Nelson, Victoria Simmonds, William Kendall
Organist: Stephen Farr
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Saturday 13 March 2004 at 7.30 pm at Guildford Cathedral
Ticket Enquiries 01483 422901 or from
Guildford Tourist Information Centre 01483 444334
Further information from their website www.guildfordchoral.org.

09 February 2004

The Mayor's Lectures

The next lecture, entitled "Dilemmas in Development: Poverty, Aid and Debt", will be held on Tuesday 17 February at 7.30 pm, Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. Professor Graham Bird, Head of the Internationally prestigious "Surrey Centre for International Economic Studies" at The University of Surrey, will introduce some of the basic issues relating to international development, while Sallie Thornberry of the Uganda Link Committee will discuss the Committee's plans for the future. Other speakers from private charities with links in such diverse countries as Bhutan, Kenya and Peru will talk about what is being done in Guildford to support communities in developing countries.

Charlotteville 100 Club

The first Charlotteville 100 Club draw was held on 8 February in the Foresters. The lucky winner of the first prize was Sian Griffith, and the second prize was won by Philip Benson.

Campaign for St Martha's

As promised, you can find more information on the Campaign for St Martha's-on-the-Hill on our Features pages under St Martha's-on-the-Hill. For further details visit the St Martha's website on www.campaignforstmarthas.co.uk. To register for the "Best Foot Forward" sponsored walk call the campaign office on 01483 302136 or 01483 573869. There will be plenty of free car parking in a private field by St Martha's hill; optional distances ranging from 3 miles to the longest of 10 plus miles; an opportunity for children of 10 and under to ring the bell at St Martha's and sign a special Pilgrims' Visitor Book.

Country Walks

On our Club pages we now have a section on Country Walks, with the Spring Programme for 2004, including an evening walk in June. Further information about this group can be found on our Links pages under Country Walks.

High Quality DVD's from your Analogue Camcorder Tapes

As part of his fundraising for his World Challenge expedition to Venezuela in 2004, Andrew Spencer is offering to convert analogue camcorder videos into Digital DVDs which you can play on any home DVD player. For further information go to our Adverts pages.

Holy Trinity Concerts

The Una Clark Young Artists' Concert will be held in Holy Trinity Church on Saturday 21 February at 12.30. Tel 01483 444334 for further information and tickets. The distinguished organist Dame Gillian Weir is giving a recital on Saturday 27 March at 7.30 pm. Tickets available from the Parish Office, 6 Trinity Churchyard, or by phoning 01483 567716. For details of classical music concerts at other venues, please visit our Links pages.

Electric Theatre Concerts

Saturday 20 March 2004 at 7.30 pm
Jeffrey Joseph's Adagio and Caprice; Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Wagner's Siegfreid Idyll; Mozart's Flute Concerto in D K314; and Prokofiev's Symphony No 1.
Conductor to be announced. Soloist: Susan Milan.
For tickets and further details contact the Box Office.
For more information on this and other forthcoming concerts at the Electric Theatre, go to our Links pages.

07 February 2004

Campaign for St Martha's

There will be a "Best Foot Forward" sponsored walk on Saturday 24 April 2004 to raise funds to secure the future of St Martha-on-the-Hill, Guildford. St Martha's was voted the "People's Favourite Building" in the Guildford Heritage and Environment Awards 2003. For further details visit the St Martha's website on www.campaignforstmarthas.co.uk. To register for the walk call the campaign office on 01483 302136 or 01483 573869. More information on St Martha's to follow.

HTAG Winter Walk

The walk started from The Moorhen on Pirbright Green at 10.00 am on Saturday. 7 February. The day started well with a good forecast and a little sunshine. A dozen of us set off promptly at 10.00 am from The Moorhen Pub, Pirbright. We soon arrived at Pirbright Church where we paused to admire the huge rock brought from Africa to commemorate the life of Henry Morton Stanely . . .. To see more photos click here.

Planning

This is a busy time for the Planning Group, and extra help is always welcome. For an update on planning, click here.

Mayor's "Sandwich" Concerts

These free recorded concerts will be starting up once more at the Guildhall on Tuesdays at 12.30 on 17 February, and will continue on a weekly basis as long as there are presenters and an audience. The format will be changed slightly and called "My Sort of Music", which will allow presenters to say a few words about their choices. So far we have had some excellent presenters, ie Roland Sidwell, Jim Miles, Paul Graber, Tamsy Baker, Nicola Gould and Ray Jacques. More volunteers wanted! Tea and coffee available in aid of Crossroads.

Charlotte Jubilee Trust

The Trust has just started the One Hundred Club to raise funds for social activities and the Spike. The first draw will take place on Sunday 8 February at 7.30 pm in The Forrester's pub. Cash Prizes!

HTAG Music Evenings

The theme for the next music evening will be English (or Scottish, Welsh or Irish). Date, venue etc to be advised.

01 February 2004

Shalford Tennis Club