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Every year in March a group of about 25 of us from Rudgwick and Ellen’s Green put on our Hi-Viz jackets and pick up litter from the King’s Head along the B2128 all the way to Thornhurst Brook/Cooks Removals. This year we are planning to undertake our litter pick at 10 am Saturday 23rd March meeting ...

 Juliette Small (left) and Sophie Moore with their awards Although February is known to be the bleakest month, the swimmers are carrying on regardless. We have already seen two rounds of Surrey County Championship galas and some fabulous swims. Super star Sophie Moore took Gold in the 200m ...

I cry (for England) by Raymond Holt I cry for the public, Who believed the politicians. When they spoke of honest justice, But used a different definition. I cry for young people, That cannot find work. Whose future and security, Have fallen in the dirt. I cry for the elderly, ...

For the first twelve years of my life, I lived with my family in South West London, after this time we moved to Surrey. Some of the highlights of my early years, were when my father drove us to the countryside in his car. He encouraged me to stop, look and appreciate the countryside around me and ...

Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis Cabaret) Remember the famous cinema quote from Tom Hanks, playing the Forrest Gump character in the film of the same name? ‘Momma always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get’. I always recall those words when I hear or see an ...

Forges and Smithies This picture of the forge on the Common probably shows Shadrach Trussler and his son Michael The number of people with the surname Smith shows how widespread their job was. The term ‘blacksmith’ came about because iron was the ‘black metal’. Smiths created agricultural ...