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Martin Bamford, Photographer & Filmmaker, Bear Content Born in Birmingham in 1979, our family moved to Gloucester for a few years, where my sister Emma was born, before finally settling in Cranleigh in 1984. Football was my dad’s passion, and with two sets of grandparents living in ...

By Joy Horn // Main Picture: An early picture of the National School, 1850. There was a single schoolroom, divided into two classes. The headmaster's house was attached at the back. (The buildings in from of the church are the Malthouses, demolished about ten years later.) This walk ...

By Simone Conti Dear readers, I hope you are well and are coping with the dramatic rise in the cost of energy.  I’ve adapted my cooking style and for the moment I’ve put aside slow cooking recipes and used ones that don’t require lengthy cooking methods.  I hope you will enjoy them.  Be sure to ...

Muck, muck, glorious muck! It can be a magnet for birds. The trouble is that with changing farming practices there is not so much of it around these days. Only a handful of farmers in the Cranleigh area bravely buck the trend and continue to fly the flag for cattle. So when I noticed a ...

By Miki Marks Where have all the earwigs gone? One fell out of my bird feeder about a week ago – and it made me think that it was ages since I had seen any. I mentioned this to several friends and they confirm the same.  When I worked as a florist in London we routinely shook both the ...

My Singing Group is led by vocal tutor Natalie Ross. The group sing all styles of popular songs in a fun, relaxed and imaginative way. You don't need any previous singing experience or musical knowledge to join the group. This singing group is a mixed level group. All you need is a passion for ...