Recent Articles

by Miki Marks Although my garden pond is small, it has recently been the focus of much interest and excitement. One of Nature’s most amazing sights has been taking place, known as  metamorphosis. This is a process whereby a creature changes from one form into a completely different one: e.g. ...

by Penny Lynch The best way, as with any organising job, is to pull everything out and see what you’ve got.  Determine what you need, what can be rehomed and what you no longer require. While the cupboard is empty use the opportunity to give it a good clean and dust and adjust shelves as ...

by Giovanni Fontebasso, a 92 year old Italian Cranleigh resident It was a day as many others: silent bells, gloomy looking old men going to the “periostea” for the traditional “operetta“ of local wine. Not for us, 12 years old, recently transformed from “bacilli”, a type of boys scouts, fascist ...

Next time you pass by the hospital just pause and consider what it was like around the time it was built. The timbers have been dated by dendrochronology as being felled nearby in the winter of 1445. It is reasonable to believe erection to have been the summer of 1446 and Cranley, as it was known ...

Have you checked out Cranleigh Plant Share on Facebook, where members give away plants and gardening equipment etc. and request items they want? Recently, a member posted that she’d bought some peat-free compost and wasn’t at all impressed with it. Another couple of members also confirmed similar ...

If you enjoy photography and live in the Cranleigh area, think about joining our Camera Club. Members have a range of skill levels from beginner to advanced. Subjects in colour or black and white vary from wildlife and landscapes to urban street photography, sports, public events, travel, ...